Lampa District, Paucar del Sara Sara

Lampa District is one of ten districts of the province Paucar del Sara Sara in Peru.[1]

Lampa District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvincePaucar del Sara Sara
CapitalLampa
Government
  MayorFrancisco Eleuterio Gutierrez Diaz
Area
  Total289.45 km2 (111.76 sq mi)
Elevation
2,850 m (9,350 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total2,214
  Density7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050804

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.72% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 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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