Paucarcolla District

Paucarcolla District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno in southeastern Peru.[1]

Paucarcolla
District
Church of Paucarcolla
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Puno
Capital	Paucarcolla
Government
• Mayor	Isaac Samuel Llanqui Condori
Area
• Total	170.04 km^2 (65.65 sq mi)
Elevation	3,847 m (12,621 ft)
Population  (2007 census)
• Total	4,864
• Density	29/km^2 (74/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210110

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (77.21%) learnt to speak in childhood, 21.63% 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 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)