San Antonio District, Puno

San Antonio District or San Antonio de Esquilache District is one of fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region of Peru.[1]

San Antonio de Esquilache District
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Puno
Capital	San Antonio de Esquilache
Government
• Mayor	Teodoro Cipriano Ticona Alvarez
Area
• Total	376.75 km^2 (145.46 sq mi)
Elevation	4,700 m (15,400 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,613
• Density	4.3/km^2 (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210113

Geography

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

• Ajuyani
• Anta Qayqu
• Anta Sallani
• Chuqipata
• Jat'u K'achi
• Kuntur Ikiña
• Kunturiri
• Llallawini
• Millu
• Ninachiri
• Q'isanani
• Surichata
• Tankani
• Pukara
• Pura Purani
• Putuni
• Putusi
• Qutuni
• Surichata
• Tankani
• T'ula Qullu
• Wankarani
• Wila 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 (85.94%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.60% of the residents started speaking using the Aymara language and 5.46% learnt Spanish as the first language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

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