Talavera District

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Talavera
District
Reloj de Talavera.jpg
Talavera District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Andahuaylas
Capital Talavera
Government
 •  Mayor Juan Ricardo Reynoso Gutierrez
Area
 • Total
148.12 km2 (57.19 sq mi)
Elevation
2,820 m (9,250 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
17,707
 • Density120/km2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030216

Talavera District is one of the nineteen districts of the province Andahuaylas in Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (58.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 40.92% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población

14°05′S73°43′W / 14.083°S 73.717°W / -14.083; -73.717


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