Antauta District

Antauta District is one of nine districts of the province Melgar in Peru.[1]

Antauta
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Melgar
Founded	October 25, 1901
Capital	Antauta
Government
• Mayor	Ignacio Edgar Chura Mendoza
Area
• Total	636.17 km^2 (245.63 sq mi)
Elevation	4,150 m (13,620 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	6,887
• Density	11/km^2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210802

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:[2]

Aqu Punta Chachakumani Chunta Chuwani Ch'iyar Salla Jalanta Kimsa Kunka Kuntur Pata Kuntur Sayana

Llallawi Maych'a Sinqa Minas Tira Misti Urqu Muru Muruni Pirwani P'isaqani Qinamari Qullpa Tira

Q'illu Qaqa Salla Muqu Sura Punta Wamanlipani Wanq'uni Warmi Uma Willkanuta Yana Salla

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (69.23%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.28% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

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. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
3. 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)