Vilque District is one of fifteen districts of the province Puno in Peru.

[1] Vilque was the location of the major fair during the nineteenth century of goods from Bolivia and Argentina and especially for mules from Salta.

[2] The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent.

Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (75.26%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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