Taraqu District

Taraqu District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru.[1]

Taraqu
District
Main square in Taraco
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceHuancané
CapitalTaraqu
Government
 • MayorEfrain Vilca Callata
Area
 • Total198.02 km2 (76.46 sq mi)
Elevation
3,819 m (12,530 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total16,379
 • Density83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210607

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.59%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.75% 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)

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