Pichacani | |
Native Name: | Pichaqani |
Native Name Lang: | ay |
Settlement Type: | District |
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 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Laraqueri |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Lucio Ccopa Mamani |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 1633.48 |
Elevation M: | 3975 |
Population Total: | 6134 |
Population As Of: | 2005 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | PET |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 210111 |
Pichacani (hispanicized spelling) or Pichaqani (Aymara pichaqa a big needle,[1] -ni a suffix, "the one with a big needle") is one of the fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region in Peru.[2]
Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:[3]
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (80.95%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.68% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[4]