Tapairihua District

Tapairihua District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes in Peru.[1]

Tapairihua
District
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAymaraes
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
CapitalTapairihua
Government
 • MayorFortunato Retamozo Salinas
Area
 • Total163.73 km2 (63.22 sq mi)
Elevation
2,820 m (9,250 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total2,770
 • Density17/km2 (44/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030414

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.52%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.23% 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 2008-04-23 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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