Yaurisque District

Yaurisque Yawrisqi
District
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Paruro
Founded	April 15, 1959
Capital	Yaurisque
Government
• Mayor	Juan De Dios Ramos Pariguana
Area
• Total	90.8 km^2 (35.1 sq mi)
Elevation	3,330 m (10,930 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,717
• Density	30/km^2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	081009

Yaurisque District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro 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 (88.44%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.32% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Wanakawri

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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