Vilavila_District

Vilavila District

Vilavila District

District in Puno, Peru

For the mountain in the La Paz Department, Bolivia, see Wila Wila (Bolivia). For the mountain in the Puno Region, Peru, see Wila Wila (Peru).

Vilavila (in Hispanicized spelling) or Wila Wila (Aymara wila red, blood-red,[1] the reduplication signifies that there is a group or a complex of something, "a complex of red color") is one of ten districts of the province Lampa in Peru.[2]

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Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Pariwana at 5,022 m (16,476 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[3]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (98.12%) learnt to speak in childhood, while only 1.25% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[4]

References

  1. [1]
    Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
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    (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
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    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Lampa Province, Puno Region
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    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)
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