Province Paruro Capital Yaurisque Elevation 3,330 m | Region Cusco Founded April 15, 1959 Time zone PET (UTC-5) Area 90.8 km² | |
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Yaurisque District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro in Peru.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (88.44%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.32% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
Yaurisque District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA