San Juan de Rontoy District

San Juan de Rontoy District is one of six districts of the province Antonio Raymondi in Peru.[1]

San Juan de Rontoy
Runtuy
Rontoy
Rontoy
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceAntonio Raymondi
FoundedMay 27, 1987
CapitalSan Juan de Rontoy
Government
  MayorFelix Sandoval Diaz
Area
  Total103.13 km2 (39.82 sq mi)
Elevation
3,525 m (11,565 ft)
Population
  Total1,605
  Density16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020306

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.62%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.91% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

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)

9.066°S 77.038°W / -9.066; -77.038


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