Cusipata
Kusipata
Country Peru
RegionCusco
ProvinceQuispicanchi
FoundedSeptember 5, 1940
CapitalCusipata
Government
  MayorFelipe Cornejo Cusihuaman
Area
  Total248.03 km2 (95.76 sq mi)
Elevation
3,310 m (10,860 ft)
Population
  Total4,444
  Density18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO081206

The Cusipata District is one of the twelve districts in the Quispicanchi Province in Peru. Created by Law No. 9164 on September 5, 1940, its capital is the town of Cusipata.

Geography

The most important river of the district is the Willkanuta which crosses the district from south-east to north-west.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.67%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.07% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Quispicanchi Province (Cusco Region)
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
  • (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Departamento Cusco. Retrieved on November 1, 2007.

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