Santa Rosa District, Grau

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Santa Rosa
District
Santa Rosa District, Grau
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Grau
FoundedJune 14, 1990
Capital Santa Rosa
Government
 •  Mayor Obispo Roman Chipana
Area
 • Total
36.16 km2 (13.96 sq mi)
Elevation
3,550 m (11,650 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
767
 • Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030710

Santa Rosa District is one of the fourteen districts of the province Grau 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 (88.95%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.75% 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 Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 7, 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)

14°09′00″S72°40′01″W / 14.150°S 72.667°W / -14.150; -72.667


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