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Orurillo District

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Country
  
Peru

Capital
  
Orurillo

UBIGEO
  
210807

Area
  
379 kmĀ²

Region
  
Puno

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,890 m

Province
  
Melgar Province

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Orurillo District is one of nine districts of the province Melgar 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 (87.82%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.98 % of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Orurillo District Wikipedia