Chucuito District is one of the districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region in Peru.[1]

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).[2]

Images

  • Phallus-shaped stone sculptures at Inka Uyu
    Phallus-shaped stone sculptures at Inka Uyu

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Municipalidad Distrital Chucuito, Municipalidad Distrital de Chucuito Archived 2007-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved November 9, 2007.
  2. ^ 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)


15°54′05″S 69°53′49″W / 15.9013°S 69.8970°W / -15.9013; -69.8970

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