Turpay District

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Turpay District

Distrito de Turpay
District
Coordinates: 14°13′08″S72°37′26″W / 14.219°S 72.624°W / -14.219; -72.624 Coordinates: 14°13′08″S72°37′26″W / 14.219°S 72.624°W / -14.219; -72.624
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Grau
FoundedFebruary 28, 1958
Capital Turpay
Government
 •  Mayor Simon Camposano Quispe
Area
 • Total52.34 km2 (20.21 sq mi)
Elevation
3,440 m (11,290 ft)
Population
 • Total831
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030711

Turpay 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 (70.67%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.20% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2010-05-01 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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