Platería District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno in Peru.[1]
Platería | |
|---|---|
 Platería and Lake Titicaca | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Puno |
| Province | Puno |
| Founded | April 25, 1964 |
| Capital | Plateria |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | David Sosa Mamani |
| Area | |
| • Total | 240.63 km2 (92.91 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,830 m (12,570 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 8,835 |
| • Density | 37/km2 (95/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 210112 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (79.17%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.64% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)
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