Sayla District

District in Arequipa, Peru
Sayla
District
Country Peru
RegionArequipa
ProvinceLa Unión
CapitalSayla
Government
 • MayorFelix Santos Davalos Davalos
Area
 • Total66.55 km2 (25.70 sq mi)
Elevation
3,534 m (11,594 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total502
 • Density7.5/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO040808

Sayla District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.41%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.56% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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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