Amantaní District
Amantani is one of fifteen districts of the Puno Province in the Puno region, Peru. History. Amantani District was created by Law on April 9, 1965, in Fernando Belaúnde term. Ethnic groups. The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.50% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).