Chucuito District is one of the
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of the
Puno Province in the
Puno Region in
Peru.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly
indigenous citizens of
Aymara descent.
Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (73.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.71% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish language (
2007 Peru Census
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...
).
inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
Images
File:Chucuito.jpg, Phallus-shaped stone sculptures at Inka Uyu
See also
* Inka Tunuwiri
* Inka Uyu
References
External links
*
www.munichucuito.gob.pe Official district web site
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