Vilavila District
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| name = Vilavila
| native_name = Wila Wila
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| settlement_type = District
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| subdivision_name1 = Puno
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| subdivision_name2 = Lampa
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| established_title = Founded
| established_date = May 2, 1854
| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Vilavila
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| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Justiniano Romulo Ahumada Viveros
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| area_total_km2 = 156.65
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| elevation_m = 4300
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| population_total = 1046
| population_as_of = 2005 census
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Vilavila (in Hispanicized spelling) or Wila Wila (Aymara wila red, blood-red,{{Ref Bertonio}} the reduplication signifies that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of red color") is one of ten districts of the province Lampa 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.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Pariwana at {{convert|5022 |m|ft|abbr=on}}. Other mountains are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Lampa Province, Puno Region
- Achuqallani
- Llanqirani
- Pukarani
- Salla Pata
- Wallatani
- Wisa Wisa
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (98.12%) learnt to speak in childhood, while only 1.25% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish 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)
References
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{{Districts of Lampa Province}}
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Category:Districts of the Department of Puno
Category:Districts of the Lampa province
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