Pichacani (hispanicized spelling) or Pichaqani (Aymara pichaqa a big needle, see: Piqacha, pichaqa and Phichaqa -ni a suffix, "the one with a big needle") is one of the fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno Region in Peru. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
Geography Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Puno Province (Puno Region)
Ethnic groups The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (80.95%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.68% 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
See also Kutimpu Pharaquta Q'axilu
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