Lucre District, Aymaraes

Lucre District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes in Peru.[1]

Lucre
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAymaraes
FoundedMarch 24, 1960
Founded byLos Ríos
CapitalLucre
Government
  MayorMarcos Orosco Guillen
Area
  Total110.48 km2 (42.66 sq mi)
Elevation
2,800 m (9,200 ft)
Population
  Total2,391
  Density22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030409

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (90.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.01% 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 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 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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