Virundo District

Virundo District is one of the fourteen districts of the Grau Province in Peru.[1]

Virundo
District
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceGrau
FoundedJune 12, 1985
CapitalSan Juan de Virundo
Government
 • MayorGenaro Paucar Pinares
Area
 • Total117.19 km2 (45.25 sq mi)
Elevation
3,845 m (12,615 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,158
 • Density9.9/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030713

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Qusqu Qhawarina at approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

  • Anqasi
  • Chunta
  • Kampanayuq
  • Kiswara
  • Kuntur Marka
  • Kuntur Silla
  • Minas Urqu
  • Pukarani
  • Q'illa Q'illa
  • Supayku Urqu
  • Wanqarani
  • Waswachani
  • Yanama

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.59%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.54% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

gollark: Brains are basically free to operate energy-wise. So you can do an hour of thinking at once. How useful.
gollark: Sad!
gollark: "Stored energy" had better not include arbitrary chemical/thermal/potential energy.
gollark: That is probably available.
gollark: Boiling 100g of water takes about 10 kcal because of its unreasonable specific heat capacity.

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. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Grau Province (Apurimac Region)
  3. 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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