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Huanoquite Wanukiti
District
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Paruro
Capital	Huanoquite
Government
• Mayor	Tomas Quispe Antitupa
Area
• Total	362.67 km (140.03 sq mi)
Elevation	3,396 m (11,142 ft)
Population
• Total	5,920
• Density	16/km (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	081005

Huanoquite District is one of nine districts of the province Paruro in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.21% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

Notable people

• Ramón A. Chaparro (1830–1906), politician

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. 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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