Curasco District

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Curasco
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Grau
FoundedOctober 29, 1993
Capital Curasco
Government
 •  Mayor Vidal Edgar Huamani Gutierrez
Area
 • Total139.77 km2 (53.97 sq mi)
Elevation
3,460 m (11,350 ft)
Population
 • Total1,742
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030714

Curasco District is one of the fourteen districts of the Grau Province in Peru. [1]

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Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Malmanya at approximately 5,000 m (16,000 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (93.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.17% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

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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. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Grau Province (Apurimac Region)
  3. ↑ 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)

Coordinates: 14°01′01″S72°34′01″W / 14.017°S 72.567°W / -14.017; -72.567


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