Lampa District, Paucar del Sara Sara

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Lampa District
Lampa District, Paucar del Sara Sara
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Paucar del Sara Sara
Capital Lampa
Government
   Mayor Francisco Eleuterio Gutierrez Diaz
Area
  Total
289.45 km2 (111.76 sq mi)
Elevation
2,850 m (9,350 ft)
Population
  Total
2,214
  Density7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050804

Lampa District is one of ten districts of the province Paucar del Sara Sara 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 (54.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.72% 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 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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