Yanque District
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Yanque
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| native_name_lang = es
| settlement_type = District
| image_skyline = Yanque Peru Iglesia.jpg
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| image_caption = Church in Yanque
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| map_caption = Location of Yanque in the Caylloma province
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| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = {{flag|Peru}}
| subdivision_type1 = Region
| subdivision_name1 = Arequipa
| subdivision_type2 = Province
| subdivision_name2 = Caylloma
| parts_type = Subdivisions
| parts_style = para
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| established_title = Founded
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| seat_type = Capital
| seat = Yanque
| leader_party =
| leader_title = Mayor
| leader_name = Apolinario Sarayasi Ynca
| unit_pref = Metric
| area_footnotes =
| area_total_km2 = 1108.58
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| elevation_footnotes =
| elevation_m = 3417
| population_footnotes =
| population_total = 2479
| population_as_of = 2005 census
| population_density_km2 = auto
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| timezone1 = PET
| utc_offset1 = -5
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| blank_info_sec1 = 040519
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Yanque District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma in Peru.{{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. [http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Distrital]. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (56.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 43.13% 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] 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 Arequipa Region}}
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Category:Districts of the Caylloma province
Category:Districts of the Department of Arequipa
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