Country Peru Province Puno Time zone PET (UTC-5) Elevation 3,975 m | Region Puno Capital Laraqueri UBIGEO 210111 Area 1,633 km² | |
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Pichacani (hispanicized spelling) or Pichaqani (Aymara pichaqa a big needle, -ni a suffix, "the one with a big needle") is one of fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region 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 Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (80.95%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.68% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
Pichacani District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA