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Yaurisque Yawrisqi
District
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Paruro
Founded	April 15, 1959
Capital	Yaurisque
Government
• Mayor	Juan De Dios Ramos Pariguana
Area
• Total	90.8 km (35.1 sq mi)
Elevation	3,330 m (10,930 ft)
Population
• Total	2,717
• Density	30/km (77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	081009

Yaurisque District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro 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 (88.44%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.32% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

• Wanakawri

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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