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San Antonio District, Puno

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Puno

UBIGEO
  
210113

Area
  
376.8 kmĀ²

Region
  
Puno

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
4,700 m

Capital
  
San Antonio de Esquilache

San Antonio District or San Antonio de Esquilache District is one of fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region of 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 (85.94%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.60% of the residents started speaking using the Aymara language and 5.46% learnt Spanish as the first language (2007 Peru Census).

References

San Antonio District, Puno Wikipedia


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