Pichacani District

This article is about the district in the Puno Region, Peru. For other uses, see Pichaqani (disambiguation).
Pichacani
Pichaqani
District
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Puno
Capital Laraqueri
Government
 • Mayor Lucio Ccopa Mamani
Area
 • Total 1,633.48 km2 (630.69 sq mi)
Elevation 3,975 m (13,041 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 6,134
 • Density 3.8/km2 (9.7/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 210111

Pichacani (hispanicized spelling) or Pichaqani (Aymara pichaqa a big needle,[1] -ni a suffix, "the one with a big needle") is one of fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region in Peru.[2]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:[3]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (80.95%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.68% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[4]

See also

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) see: Piqacha, pichaqa and Phichaqa
  2. ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Puno Province (Puno Region)
  4. ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 16°08′52″S 70°04′03″W / 16.1477°S 70.0674°W / -16.1477; -70.0674

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