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Paratia District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
April 23, 1954

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
745.1 kmĀ²

Province
  
Lampa Province

Region
  
Puno

Capital
  
Paratia

UBIGEO
  
210707

Elevation
  
4,390 m


Paratia District is one of ten districts of the province Lampa in Peru.

Contents

Map of Paratia District, Peru

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 (91.83%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.59% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Paratia District Wikipedia