Rosaspata District

Rosaspata
District
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceHuancané
FoundedOctober 24, 1876
CapitalRosaspata
Government
 • MayorClodoaldo Poma Castro
Area
 • Total
301.47 km2 (116.40 sq mi)
Elevation
3,872 m (12,703 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
6,145
 • Density20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210606

Rosaspata District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (93.34%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.81% 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)

15°14′23″S 69°48′28″W / 15.2397°S 69.8078°W / -15.2397; -69.8078


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