Andarapa District

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Andarapa
District
Andarapa District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Andahuaylas
FoundedMarch 14, 1941
Capital Andarapa
Government
 •  Mayor Agapito Leguia Guzman
Area
 • Total
172.05 km2 (66.43 sq mi)
Elevation
2,935 m (9,629 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
7,775
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030202

Andarapa District is one of the nineteen districts of the province Andahuaylas in Peru. [1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.35%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.44% 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 4, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población

13°42′S73°24′W / 13.700°S 73.400°W / -13.700; -73.400


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