Amantani | |
Settlement Type: | District |
Image Alt: | Amantani |
Mapsize: | frameless |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Puno |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Puno |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts Style: | para |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | April 9, 1965 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Amantani |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Marcelino Yucra |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 15 |
Elevation M: | 3854 |
Population Total: | 4255 |
Population As Of: | 2007 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | PET |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 210102 |
Website: | muniamantani.gob.pe |
Amantani[1] is one of fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno region, Peru.[2]
Amantani District was created by Law on April 9, 1965, in Fernando Belaúnde term.
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.50% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]