Sibayo District

District in Arequipa, Peru

15°29′12.1″S 71°27′25.7″W / 15.486694°S 71.457139°W / -15.486694; -71.457139Country

PeruRegionArequipaProvinceCayllomaFoundedJanuary 25, 1943CapitalSibayoGovernment

• MayorRaul Meliton Mamani PichaArea

• Total286.03 km² (110.44 sq mi)Elevation

3,810 m (12,500 ft)Population

(2005 census)

• Total1,493 • Density5.2/km² (14/sq mi)Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)UBIGEO040515

Sibayo District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma in Peru.^[1] It is adjacent to Callalli and crossed by the Colca River on one side.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (55.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.41% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

The village of Sibayo as seen from above
Sibayo's suspended pedestrian bridge
The main plaza in Sibayo as seen from above
The entrance to Sibayo in the Colca Canyon
Sibayo's ruins next to the Colca river.

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ 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)