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Pusi
District
Church of Pusi
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Huancané
Capital	Pusi
Government
• Mayor	Elias Quiroga Gutierrez
Area
• Total	148.42 km (57.31 sq mi)
Elevation	3,835 m (12,582 ft)
Population
• Total	7,132
• Density	48/km (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210605

Pusi District is one of eight districts of the province Huancané 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 (93.57%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.85% 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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