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Quiaca
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Sandia
Capital	Quiaca
Government
• Mayor	Concepcion Mamani Condori
Area
• Total	447.9 km (172.9 sq mi)
Elevation	2,950 m (9,680 ft)
Population
• Total	2,419
• Density	5.4/km (14/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	211206

Quiaca District is one of ten districts of the province Sandia in Peru.

Geography

The Apolobamba mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains of the districtare listed below:

• Ananea
• Chimpa Qiswarani
• K'ayrani
• Liqiliqini
• Qaqinkurani
• Qucha Kunka
• Quchapata
• Rit'ipata
• Wanakuni
• Wilaquta
• Yana Urqu

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (83.15%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.21% 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. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Putina Province (Puno Region)
3. 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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