Mariscal Gamarra District

Mariscal Gamarra
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Grau
Founded	December 11, 1942
Capital	Palpacachi
Government
•  Mayor	Francisco Sequeiros Peña
Area
• Total	370.45 km2 (143.03 sq mi)
Elevation	3,445 m (11,302 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	4,253
• Density	11/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030703

Mariscal Gamarra District is one of the fourteen districts of the Grau Province in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Q'illu Q'asa at approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below: ^[2]

• Alma Pampa
• Anta Marka
• Aqu Q'asa
• Asiru Pata
• Awkirana
• Challa Q'asa
• Chunta Q'asa
• Ch'uspi
• Hatun Qaqa
• Kawsu
• Llamayuq Rumi
• Misa Pata
• Parqa Urqu
• Qutani
• Q'illuni
• Saywit'u
• Surani
• Suwa Qullu
• Taya Q'asa
• Tika Pallana
• Uywaki
• Waman Marka
• Waqutu
• Wik'uña Kunka

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (91.90%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.40% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-17 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 7, 2008.
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Grau Province (Apurimac Region)
3. 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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