Tintay District

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Tintay
District
Tintay District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Aymaraes
FoundedDecember 27, 1961
Capital Tintay
Government
 •  Mayor Aurelio Mendieta Arosto
Area
 • Total
136.58 km2 (52.73 sq mi)
Elevation
2,772 m (9,094 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
3,986
 • Density29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030415

Tintay 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 (81.56%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.02% 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)

13°58′04″S73°11′26″W / 13.96778°S 73.19056°W / -13.96778; -73.19056


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