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San Antonio de Chuca District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Caylloma

Capital
  
San Antonio de Chuca

Elevation
  
4,525 m

Region
  
Arequipa

Founded
  
November 14, 1944

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
1,531 kmĀ²

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San Antonio de Chuca District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma in Peru.

Contents

Map of San Antonio de Chuca, Peru

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Sullk'a Chuqa at about 5,200 m (17,100 ft). Other mountains 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 (72.68%) learnt to speak in childhood, 26.19% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

San Antonio de Chuca District Wikipedia