Santa Lucía District, Lampa

Santa Lucía
District

Alpacas grazing on the plateau west of Lagunillas Lake, Santa Rosa District

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Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Lampa
Founded April 17, 1936
Capital Santa Lucía
Government
 • Mayor Salvador Alejo Tunco
Area
 • Total 1,595.67 km2 (616.09 sq mi)
Elevation 4,025 m (13,205 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 8,130
 • Density 5.1/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 210709

Santa Lucía District is one of ten districts of the province Lampa in Peru.[1]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (56.93%) learnt to speak in childhood, 42.36% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

References

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

Coordinates: 15°41′44″S 70°36′33″W / 15.69556°S 70.60917°W / -15.69556; -70.60917

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