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Huata District
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Puno
Founded	August 22, 1921
Capital	Huata
Government
• Mayor	Pedro Curo Huanca
Area
• Total	130.37 km (50.34 sq mi)
Elevation	3,848 m (12,625 ft)
Population
• Total	3,393
• Density	26/km (67/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210108

Huata District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno 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 (78.97%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.10% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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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