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Antauta District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
October 25, 1901

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
4,150 m

Province
  
Melgar Province

Region
  
Puno

Capital
  
Antauta

UBIGEO
  
210802

Area
  
636.2 kmĀ²

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Antauta District is one of nine districts of the province Melgar in Peru.

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Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (69.23%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.28% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Antauta District Wikipedia