Amantaní District

Amantani
District
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Puno
Founded April 9, 1965
Capital Amantani
Government
 • Mayor Marcelino Yucra
Area
 • Total 15 km2 (6 sq mi)
Elevation 3,854 m (12,644 ft)
Population (2007 census)
 • Total 4,255
 • Density 280/km2 (730/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 210102
Website muniamantani.gob.pe

Amantani[1] is one of fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno region, Peru.[2]

History

Amantani District was created by Law on April 9, 1965, in Fernando Belaúnde term.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.50% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

Mayors

  • 2011-2014: Marcelino Yucra Pacompia.
  • 2007-2010: Adrián Severo Yanarico Cari.

Festivities

References

  1. ↑ munamantani.gob.pe Archived 2014-01-03 at the Wayback Machine. Municipalidad distrital de Amantani (official website)
  2. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital. Retrieved March 19, 2008. Archived May 1, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ 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)

See also

Coordinates: 15°39′51″S 69°42′36″W / 15.66417°S 69.71000°W / -15.66417; -69.71000

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