Vilque Chico District

Vilque Chico District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru.^[1]

Vilque Chico
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Huancané
Capital	Vilque Chico
Government
• Mayor	Hilario Ramos Salluca
Area
• Total	499.38 km2 (192.81 sq mi)
Elevation	3,825 m (12,549 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	9,750
• Density	20/km2 (51/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210608

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (92.98%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.20% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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