San Juan de Rontoy District

San Juan de Rontoy District is one of six districts of the province Antonio Raymondi in Peru.[1]

San Juan de Rontoy Runtuy
District
Rontoy
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Antonio Raymondi
Founded	May 27, 1987
Capital	San Juan de Rontoy
Government
• Mayor	Felix Sandoval Diaz
Area
• Total	103.13 km^2 (39.82 sq mi)
Elevation	3,525 m (11,565 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,605
• Density	16/km^2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	020306

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.62%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.91% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Wayunkayuq

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)