Antabamba District

Antabamba District
Distrito de Antapampa
District
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Antabamba
Capital Antabamba
Government
 • Mayor Raul Carrasco Ccallme
Area
 • Total 603.76 km2 (233.11 sq mi)
Elevation 3,636 m (11,929 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 3,343
 • Density 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030301

Antabamba (in hispanicized spelling) or Antapampa (Quechua anta copper, pampa plain, "copper plain") is one of the seven districts of the Antabamba Province in Peru.[1]

Geography

The Wansu mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (69.83%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.36% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

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. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Antabamba Province (Apurímac Region)
  3. ↑ 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)

Coordinates: 14°29′13″S 73°30′43″W / 14.48694°S 73.51194°W / -14.48694; -73.51194

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