Lampa District, Lampa

Lampa
District
Inmaculada Concepción church in Lampa
Country  Peru
Region Puno
Province Lampa
Capital Lampa
Government
 • Mayor Ciriaco Isidro Diaz Arestegui
Area
 • Total 675.82 km2 (260.94 sq mi)
Elevation 3,892 m (12,769 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 11,202
 • Density 17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 210701

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

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (74.17%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.32% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

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)

Coordinates: 15°21′48″S 70°21′58″W / 15.36333°S 70.36611°W / -15.36333; -70.36611

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.