San Juan de Salinas District

San Juan de Salinas
District
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Azángaro
Founded November 21, 1908
Capital San Juan de Salinas
Government
 • Mayor Edgar Inofuente Cari
Area
 • Total 106 km2 (41 sq mi)
Elevation 3,840 m (12,600 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 3,823
 • Density 36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 210213

San Juan de Salinas District is one of fifteen districts of the province Azángaro in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.72%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.99% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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)

Coordinates: 15°00′51″S 70°16′12″W / 15.01417°S 70.27000°W / -15.01417; -70.27000

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