Tisco District is one of twenty
districts
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of the province
Caylloma in
Peru
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.
Geography
Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:
File:Tisco-gate-main-plaza.jpg, Entrance to Tisco's main plaza through its gate
File:Iglesia-san-pedro-apostol-tisco-church-plaza.jpg, Church of San Pedro Apostol de Tisco, with Plaza in foreground
File:Tisco-village-andes-aerial.jpg, The village of Tisco as seen from the air
File:Iglesia-san-pedro-apostol-tisco-church-towers.jpg, The towers of Tisco's church
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly
indigenous citizens of
Quechua descent.
Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.76%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.06% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish language (
2007 Peru Census
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Vivie ...
).
inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
See also
* Samaquta
References
Districts of the Caylloma province
Districts of the Department of Arequipa
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