Tuti District

Tuti District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma in Peru.[1]

Tuti
District
Country	Peru
Region	Arequipa
Province	Caylloma
Capital	Tuti
Government
• Mayor	Yoni Yanque Cusi
Area
• Total	241.89 km^2 (93.39 sq mi)
Elevation	3,790 m (12,430 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,011
• Density	4.2/km^2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	040518

Geography

The Ch'ila mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest elevations of the district is Mismi at 5,597 m (18,363 ft) above sea level. Other mountains are listed below:[2]

Aqu Kulluna Chunkara Chuqi Kuraw Hatun Siq'ita Kunturi Lluqu

Misa Chunkara Pilluni Pukara Tiklla Wajchani Wankara

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (59.95%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.93% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2010-05-01 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Caylloma Province 1 and 2 (Arequipa Region)
3. 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)