Quellouno District

Quelloúno (hispanicized spelling from Quechua Q'illu Unu, q'illu meaning yellow and unu meaning water,[1] "yellow water") is one of ten districts of the La Convención Province in the Cusco Region in Peru.[2]

Quelloúno
Q'illu Unu
District
Country Peru
RegionCusco
ProvinceLa Convención
FoundedOctober 1, 1986
CapitalQuelloúno
Government
 • MayorCleto Edwin Cabrera Cortes
Area
 • Total799.68 km2 (308.76 sq mi)
Elevation
800 m (2,600 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total16,469
 • Density21/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO080906

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (50.98%) learnt to speak in childhood, 45.76% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

References
  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  3. 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)

12.6263°S 72.6924°W / -12.6263; -72.6924

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