Calapuja District

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Calapuja
District
Calapuja District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Puno
Province Lampa
FoundedMay 2, 1854
Capital Calapuja
Government
 •  Mayor Andres Avelino Barrantes Yucra
Area
 • Total
141.3 km2 (54.6 sq mi)
Elevation
3,843 m (12,608 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,175
 • Density15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 210703

Calapuja District is one of ten districts of the province Lampa 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 (80.35%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.44% 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 Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 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)

15°19′04″S70°13′27″W / 15.31778°S 70.22417°W / -15.31778; -70.22417


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