Chucuito District

Chucuito District is one of the districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region in Peru.[1]

Chucuito
Lake Titicaca as seen from Chucuito
Lake Titicaca as seen from Chucuito
Coat of arms of Chucuito
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvincePuno
CapitalChucuito
Government
  MayorPedro Alfonso Teves Cruz
Area
  Total121.18 km2 (46.79 sq mi)
Elevation
3,871 m (12,700 ft)
Population
  Total9,366
  Density77/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210106
Websitemunichucuito.gob.pe

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (73.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.71% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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References

  1. (in Spanish) Municipalidad Distrital Chucuito, Municipalidad Distrital de Chucuito Archived 2007-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  2. 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)

15.9013°S 69.8970°W / -15.9013; -69.8970

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