Caminaca District

Caminaca District is one of fifteen districts of the province Azángaro in Peru.[1]

Caminaca
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Azángaro
Capital	Caminaca
Government
• Mayor	Cesar Augusto Huaman Suero
Area
• Total	146.88 km^2 (56.71 sq mi)
Elevation	3,804 m (12,480 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,791
• Density	26/km^2 (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210205

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.01%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.29% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)