Vilcabamba District, Grau

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Vilcabamba
Willkapampa
District
Vilcabamba District, Grau
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Grau
FoundedFebruary 20, 1941
Capital Vilcabamba
Government
 •  Mayor Jorge Luis Martinez Mejia
Area
 • Total
7.97 km2 (3.08 sq mi)
Elevation
2,780 m (9,120 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
1,119
 • Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030712

Vilcabamba 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 (66.90%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.49% 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 April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

14°04′34″S72°37′34″W / 14.076°S 72.626°W / -14.076; -72.626


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