Pichacani
Pichaqani | |
|---|---|
 District Flag | |
 | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Puno |
| Province | Puno |
| Capital | Laraqueri |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Lucio Ccopa Mamani |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,633.48 km2 (630.69 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,975 m (13,041 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 6,134 |
| • Density | 3.8/km2 (9.7/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 210111 |
Pichacani (hispanicized spelling) or Pichaqani (Aymara pichaqa a big needle,[1] -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.[2]
- ^ Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P. Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary) see: Piqacha, pichaqa and Phichaqa
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.