El Oro District

El Oro District is one of the seven districts of the province Antabamba in Peru.[1]

El Oro District
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAntabamba
FoundedAugust 18, 1961
CapitalAyahuay
Government
  MayorNicanor Oswaldo Quispe Lopez
Area
  Total68.81 km2 (26.57 sq mi)
Elevation
3,280 m (10,760 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total509
  Density7.4/km2 (19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030302

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.88%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.92% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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See also

  • Suntur

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)


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