Justo Apu Sahuaraura District

Justo Apu Sahuaraura District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes in Peru.[1]

Justo Apu Sahuaraura
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAymaraes
FoundedSeptember 27, 1984
CapitalPichihua
Government
  MayorMarcos Rosalio Zavala Benites
Area
  Total97.64 km2 (37.70 sq mi)
Elevation
3,150 m (10,330 ft)
Population
  Total1,048
  Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030408

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (76.62%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.28% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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