Vilcabamba District, Grau

Vilcabamba District is one of the fourteen districts of the province Grau in Peru.[1]

Vilcabamba
Willkapampa
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceGrau
FoundedFebruary 20, 1941
CapitalVilcabamba
Government
  MayorJorge Luis Martinez Mejia
Area
  Total7.97 km2 (3.08 sq mi)
Elevation
2,780 m (9,120 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total1,119
  Density140/km2 (360/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030712

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (66.90%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.49% 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 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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