Mamara District

Mamara District is one of the fourteen districts of the province Grau in Peru.[1]

Mamara
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceGrau
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
CapitalMamara
Government
  MayorJulian Alejandrino Challco Quispe
Area
  Total66.21 km2 (25.56 sq mi)
Elevation
3,590 m (11,780 ft)
Population
  Total959
  Density14/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030705

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (76.95%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.60% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

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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