Atuncolla District
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Atuncolla
| native_name = Hatunqulla
| native_name_lang = qu
| settlement_type = District
| image_skyline = Urna funeraria, Sillustani, Perú, 2015-08-01, DD 99.JPG
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| image_caption = Sillustani and Lake Umayo
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| map_caption = Location of Atuncolla in the Puno Province
| coordinates = {{coord|15|41|17|S|70|08|39|W|region:PE_type:adm3rd|display=inline,title}}
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Peru}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Puno
| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Puno
| parts_type = Subdivisions
| parts_style = para
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| established_title = Founded
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| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Atuncolla
| leader_party =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Nestor Quispe Ito
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 124.74
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| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 3822
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 3984
| population_as_of = 2005 census
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone1 = PET
| utc_offset1 = -5
| blank_name_sec1 = UBIGEO
| blank_info_sec1 = 210104
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Atuncolla District is one of fifteen districts of Puno Province in Peru.{{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. [http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Distrital] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423164200/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ |date=April 23, 2008 }}. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
File:Canihua at Atuncolla near Sillustani Juliaca.jpg) is one of the few crops that can be cultivated at the high elevations of Atuncolla district.]]
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the first language which the majority of the population (90.06%) learnt to speak in childhood. 9.23% of the residents speak Spanish as a first language. (2007 Peru Census).[http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127005551/http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales%3Fori%3DC |date=January 27, 2013 }} INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
See also
References
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{{Districts of Puno Province}}
Category:Districts of the Department of Puno
Category:Districts of the Puno province
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