Lucre | |
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District | |
Country | |
Region | Cusco |
Province | Quispicanchi |
Founded | January 17, 1941 |
Capital | Lucre |
Area | |
• Total | 118.78 km2 (45.86 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,086 m (10,125 ft) |
Population (2005 census) | |
• Total | 4,040 |
• Density | 34/km2 (88/sq mi) |
Time zone | PET (UTC-5) |
UBIGEO | 081208 |
The Lucre District is one of the twelve districts in the Quispicanchi Province in Peru. Created by Law No. 9295 on January 17, 1941, its capital is the town of Lucre.
The districts of Peru are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments. There are 1,838 districts in total.
Quispicanchi Province is one of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.
Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the west by the Pacific Ocean. Peru is a megadiverse country with habitats ranging from the arid plains of the Pacific coastal region in the west to the peaks of the Andes mountains vertically extending from the north to the southeast of the country to the tropical Amazon Basin rainforest in the east with the Amazon river.
One of the highest peaks of the district is Qusqu Qhawarina at 4,145 m (13,599 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [1]
Qusqu Qhawarina is a 4,145-metre-high (13,599 ft) mountain in the Cusco Region in Peru. It is situated in the Quispicanchi Province, on the border of the districts of Andahuaylillas and Lucre. Qusqu Qhawarina lies on the left bank of the Willkanuta River, northeast of a mountain named Saywa.
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (57.36%) learnt to speak in childhood, 42.31% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]
The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the Pre-Columbian peoples of North, Central and South America and their descendants.
Quechua people or Quecha peoples, may refer to any or all speakers of the Quechua languages, which originated among the indigenous peoples of South America. Most Quechua speakers are native to Peru, although there are some significant populations living in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.
Spanish or Castilian is a Romance language that originated in the Castile region of Spain and today has hundreds of millions of native speakers in the Americas and Spain. It is a global language and the world's second-most spoken native language, after Mandarin Chinese.
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Coordinates: 13°38′19″S71°44′27″W / 13.6386°S 71.7407°W
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