Capaya District

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Capaya
District
Capaya District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Aymaraes
FoundedJanuary 12, 1956
Capital Capaya
Government
 •  Mayor Vitaliano Julian Arbieto Roldan
Area
 • Total
77.75 km2 (30.02 sq mi)
Elevation
3,290 m (10,790 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
738
 • Density9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030402

Capaya District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes 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 (50.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, 48.98% 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)

14°07′08″S73°19′05″W / 14.119°S 73.318°W / -14.119; -73.318


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