Saman
CountryPeru
RegionPuno
ProvinceAzángaro
Parts stylepara
CapitalSaman
MayorLuis Mamani Gonzales
Unit prefMetric
Area total188.59 km²
Elevation3830 m
Population total12938
Population as of2005 census
Time zonePET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO210210

Saman District is one of fifteen districts of the province Azángaro 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 (92.38%) learnt to speak in childhood, while 6.41% 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)