Rapayan District

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Rapayan
District
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Rapayan District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Huari
FoundedSeptember 16, 1952
Capital Rapayan
Government
 •  Mayor Berino Olortegui Urbano
Area
 • Total143.34 km2 (55.34 sq mi)
Elevation
3,238 m (10,623 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,742
 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 021013

Rapayan District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province 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 (62.95%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.18% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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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)

Coordinates: 9°12′00″S76°45′36″W / 9.20000°S 76.76000°W / -9.20000; -76.76000


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