Tapairihua District

Tapairihua
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Aymaraes
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Tapairihua
Government
•  Mayor	Fortunato Retamozo Salinas
Area
• Total	163.73 km2 (63.22 sq mi)
Elevation	2,820 m (9,250 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,770
• Density	17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030414

Tapairihua District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes 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 (92.52%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.23% 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)

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