Asankaru District, Asankaru

Asankaru District is one of fifteen districts of the province Azángaro in Peru.[1]

Asankaru District
District
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceAzángaro
CapitalAsankaru
Government
 • MayorRuben Pachari Inofuente
Area
 • Total706.13 km2 (272.64 sq mi)
Elevation
3,850 m (12,630 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total29,649
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210201

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (60.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, 38.82% 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 April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  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)

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