Lucre District, Aymaraes

Lucre
District
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Aymaraes
Founded March 24, 1960
Capital Lucre
Government
 • Mayor Marcos Orosco Guillen
Area
 • Total 110.48 km2 (42.66 sq mi)
Elevation 2,800 m (9,200 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 2,391
 • Density 22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030409

Lucre District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes 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 (90.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.01% 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 Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved April 7, 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: 13°57′04″S 73°13′41″W / 13.95111°S 73.22806°W / -13.95111; -73.22806

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