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Sayla District

District in Arequipa, Peru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sayla District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru.[1]

Country Peru
CapitalSayla
Elevation
3,534 m (11,594 ft)
TimezoneUTC-5 (PET)
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Sayla
District
Interactive map of Sayla
Country Peru
RegionArequipa
ProvinceLa Unión
CapitalSayla
Government
 • MayorFelix Santos Davalos Davalos
Area
 • Total
66.55 km2 (25.70 sq mi)
Elevation
3,534 m (11,594 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
502
 • Density7.54/km2 (19.5/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.41%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.56% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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