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Tiquillaca District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Puno

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,885 m

Region
  
Puno

Capital
  
Tiquillaca

UBIGEO
  
210114

Area
  
455.7 kmĀ²

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Tiquillaca District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno in Peru.

Contents

Map of Tiquillaca, 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 (79.22%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.42% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Tiquillaca District Wikipedia