Department of Puno
Language and ethnicity

Department of Puno

Section Title: Language and ethnicity
Table Section Text: None

Province	Quechua	Aymara	Asháninka	Another native language	Spanish	Foreign language	Deaf or mute	Total

Azángaro	104,456	364	12	136	23,759	6	172	128,905

Carabaya	57,703	426	6	23	10,385	14	39	68,596

Chucuito	673	86,305	170	33	31,964	8	127	119,280

El Collao	503	59,347	116	17	17,505	1	78	77,567

Huancane	20,400	35,249	32	11	10,392	5	93	66,182

Lampa	34,085	168	7	13	11,357	16	68	45,714

Melgar	49,655	163	4	13	20,479	13	65	70,392

Moho	146	22,592	41	3	3,624	41	26,447

Puno	60,261	57,716	119	37	98,875	625	166	217,799

Putina	28,537	4,439	15	24	14,328	1	39	47,383

San Román	67,746	19,399	48	60	139,850	40	176	227,319

Sandia	31,399	6,117	14	4	20,702	4	57	58,297

Yunguyo	252	30,691	57	18	14,177	10	32	45,237

Total	455,816	322,976	641	392	417,397	743	1,153	1,199,118

%	38.01	26.93	0.05	0.03	34.81	0.06	0.10	100.00

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The language learnt first by most of the residents in Puno was Quechua (38.01%) followed by Spanish (34.81%) and Aymara (26.93%).

final_sentence: The language learnt first by most of the residents in Puno was Quechua (38.01%) followed by Spanish (34.81%) and Aymara (26.93%).