en Sayla District

Sayla
Sayla
District
Country	Peru
Region	Arequipa
Province	La Unión
Capital	Sayla
Government
• Mayor	Felix Santos Davalos Davalos
Area
• Total	66.55 km2 (25.70 sq mi)
Elevation	3,534 m (11,594 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	502
• Density	7.5/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	040808

Sayla District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru.^[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.41%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.56% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

References

^ (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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15°19′09″S 73°13′21″W / 15.3193°S 73.2225°W / -15.3193; -73.2225

[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] .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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