Vilavila District

Vilavila (in Hispanicized spelling) or Wila Wila (Aymara wila red, blood-red,[1] the reduplication signifies that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of red color") is one of ten districts of the province Lampa in Peru.[2]

Vilavila Wila Wila
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Lampa
Founded	May 2, 1854
Capital	Vilavila
Government
• Mayor	Justiniano Romulo Ahumada Viveros
Area
• Total	156.65 km^2 (60.48 sq mi)
Elevation	4,300 m (14,100 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,046
• Density	6.7/km^2 (17/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210710

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Pariwana at 5,022 m (16,476 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[3]

• Achuqallani
• Llanqirani
• Pukarani
• Salla Pata
• Wallatani
• Wisa Wisa

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (98.12%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.25% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[4]

References

1. Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Lampa Province, Puno Region
4. 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)