Micaela Bastidas District

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

Micaela Bastidas
District
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceGrau
FoundedDecember 20, 1957
CapitalAyrihuanca
Government
 • MayorTeodolfo Pumacayo Quispe
Area
 • Total110.14 km2 (42.53 sq mi)
Elevation
3,508 m (11,509 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,262
 • Density11/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030706

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Malmanya at approximately 5,000 m (16,000 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

  • Inka Pirqa
  • Puka Urqu
  • Puma Wasi
  • Qucha Punta
  • Wintanachayuq
  • Yana Qaqa
  • Yuraq Qaqa

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.16%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.32% 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 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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