Andarapa District

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

Andarapa
District
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAndahuaylas
FoundedMarch 14, 1941
CapitalAndarapa
Government
 • MayorAgapito Leguia Guzman
Area
 • Total172.05 km2 (66.43 sq mi)
Elevation
2,935 m (9,629 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total7,775
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030202

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.35%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.44% 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 April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población


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