Antabamba District

Antabamba (in hispanicized spelling) or Antapampa (Quechua anta copper, pampa plain, "copper plain") is one of the seven districts of the Antabamba Province in Peru.[1]

For other places with the same name, see Antabamba.
Antabamba District

Distrito de Antapampa
District
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAntabamba
CapitalAntabamba
Government
 • MayorRaul Carrasco Ccallme
Area
 • Total603.76 km2 (233.11 sq mi)
Elevation
3,636 m (11,929 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total3,343
 • Density5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030301

Geography

The Wansu mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (69.83%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.36% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

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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 7, 2008.
  2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Antabamba Province (Apurímac Region)
  3. 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)


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