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San Antonio de Esquilache District
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Puno
Capital	San Antonio de Esquilache
Government
• Mayor	Teodoro Cipriano Ticona Alvarez
Area
• Total	376.75 km (145.46 sq mi)
Elevation	4,700 m (15,400 ft)
Population
• Total	1,613
• Density	4.3/km (11/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210113

San Antonio District or San Antonio de Esquilache District is one of fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region of Peru.

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:

• Ajuyani
• Anta Qayqu
• Anta Sallani
• Chuqipata
• Jat'u K'achi
• Kuntur Ikiña
• Kunturiri
• Llallawini
• Millu
• Ninachiri
• Q'isanani
• Surichata
• Tankani
• Pukara
• Pura Purani
• Putuni
• Putusi
• Qutuni
• Surichata
• Tankani
• T'ula Qullu
• Wankarani
• Wila Salla

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.94%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.60% of the residents started speaking using the Aymara language and 5.46% learnt Spanish as the first 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. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Puno Province (Puno Region)
3. 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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