Moho Province

Moho
Province
Suwasi (Suasi) island and Lake Titicaca, Moho Province

Location of Moho in the Puno Region
Country Peru
Region Puno
Capital Moho
Government
 • Mayor Randolfo Mamani Aracayo
Area
 • Total 1,005.25 km2 (388.13 sq mi)
Elevation 3,841 m (12,602 ft)
Population
 • Total 28,149
 • Density 28/km2 (73/sq mi)
UBIGEO 2109

Moho Province is a province of the Puno Region in Peru.[1]

Political division

The province measures 1,005.25 square kilometres (388.13 sq mi) and is divided into four districts:

District Mayor Capital Ubigeo
Conima Alejandro Apaza Quispe Conima 210902
Huayrapata Juan De Dios Cauna Chiara Huayrapata 210903
Moho Randolfo Mamani Aracayo Moho 210901
Tilali Zenon Alan Cañazaca Blanco Tilali 210904

Ethnic groups

The people in the province are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (85.42%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.70% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language and 0.55% using Quechua (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine., Retrieved January 2, 2008
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine. INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

Coordinates: 15°21′39″S 69°29′59″W / 15.360764°S 69.499844°W / -15.360764; -69.499844

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