Uranmarca District

Uranmarca District is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros in Peru.[1]

Uranmarca
Uranmarka
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceChincheros
FoundedNovember 19, 1985
CapitalUranmarca
Government
  MayorJorge Yepez Melendez
Area
  Total148.73 km2 (57.42 sq mi)
Elevation
3,100 m (10,200 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total3,258
  Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030607

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.84% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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See also

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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