Turpay District
Turpay District is one of the fourteen districts of the province Grau in Peru.[1]
Turpay District Distrito de Turpay | |
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Coordinates: 14.219°S 72.624°W | |
Country | |
Region | Apurímac |
Province | Grau |
Founded | February 28, 1958 |
Capital | Turpay |
Government | |
• Mayor | Simon Camposano Quispe |
Area | |
• Total | 52.34 km2 (20.21 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,440 m (11,290 ft) |
Population (2005 census) | |
• Total | 831 |
• Density | 16/km2 (41/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 030711 |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (70.67%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.20% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
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References
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2010-05-01 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- 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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