Amantanímunamantani.gob.pe Municipalidad distrital de Amantani (official website) is one of fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno region, Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital. Retrieved March 19, 2008.

History Amantaní District was created by law on April 9, 1965, in Fernando Belaúnde's term.

Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.50% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Climate

Mayors 2011-2014: Marcelino Yucra Pacompia. 2007-2010: Adrián Severo Yanarico Cari.

Festivities Our Lady of Candles.

See also Amantani

References

External links Official district web site INEI Peru