Atuncolla District

Atuncolla
Hatunqulla
District
Sillustani and Lake Umayo
Sillustani and Lake Umayo
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Coordinates: 15°41′17″S 70°08′39″W / 15.68806°S 70.14417°W / -15.68806; -70.14417
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvincePuno
CapitalAtuncolla
Government
 • MayorNestor Quispe Ito
Area
 • Total
124.74 km2 (48.16 sq mi)
Elevation
3,822 m (12,539 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
3,984
 • Density32/km2 (83/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210104

Atuncolla District is one of fifteen districts of Puno Province in Peru.[1]

Canihua (Chenopodium pallidicaule) is one of the few crops that can be cultivated at the high elevations of Atuncolla district.
  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.