Santiago de Lucanamarca District

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Santiago de Lucanamarca
Lukana Marka
District
Location of Lucanamarca in Ayacucho.svg
Location of Santiago de Lucanamarca in the Huanca Sancos Province
Coordinates: 13°47′38″S74°22′33″W / 13.79389°S 74.37583°W / -13.79389; -74.37583
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Huanca Sancos
FoundedJanuary 29, 1965
Capital Santiago de Lucanamarca
Government
 •  Mayor Juan Quispe Huamanculi
Area
 • Total658.26 km2 (254.16 sq mi)
Elevation
3,489 m (11,447 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total3,310
 • Density5.0/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050304

Santiago de Lucanamarca District is one of four districts of the province Huanca Sancos in Peru. [1]

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Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Parya at 4,862 m (15,951 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [2]

The largest lake of the district is Qalla Qucha on the border with the Sancos District.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.22%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.38% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

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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. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Huancasancos Province (Ayacucho 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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