Tintay District

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

Tintay
District
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAymaraes
FoundedDecember 27, 1961
CapitalTintay
Government
 • MayorAurelio Mendieta Arosto
Area
 • Total136.58 km2 (52.73 sq mi)
Elevation
2,772 m (9,094 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total3,986
 • Density29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030415

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.56%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.02% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

gollark: Yes, sometimes, more expensive stuff is better (though often it's worse).
gollark: It's not magically *better* because you pay for it.
gollark: *mumbles something about correlation and causation*
gollark: What even... ow my brain.
gollark: So you *haven't* actually blocked us? Hm.

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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