El Oro District

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El Oro District
District
El Oro District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Antabamba
FoundedAugust 18, 1961
Capital Ayahuay
Government
 •  Mayor Nicanor Oswaldo Quispe Lopez
Area
 • Total
68.81 km2 (26.57 sq mi)
Elevation
3,280 m (10,760 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
509
 • Density7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030302

El Oro District is one of the seven districts of the province Antabamba in Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.88%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.92% 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 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°12′29″S73°03′58″W / 14.20806°S 73.06611°W / -14.20806; -73.06611


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