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Caracoto Qaraqutu
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	San Román
Capital	Caracoto
Government
• Mayor	Fredy Hector Silva Mamani
Area
• Total	285.87 km (110.38 sq mi)
Elevation	3,825 m (12,549 ft)
Population
• Total	7,570
• Density	26/km (69/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	211104

Caracoto District is one of four districts of the province San Román in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.26%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.67% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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. 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)

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