Curahuasi District

Curahuasi
District

Bridge across the Apurímac River on the border of the regions Cusco and Apurímac between the districts Curahuasi and Mollepata
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Abancay
Founded January 2, 1857
Capital Curahuasi
Government
  Mayor Danilo Valenza Calvo
Area
  Total 817.98 km2 (315.82 sq mi)
Elevation 2,688 m (8,819 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 18,556
  Density 23/km2 (59/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 030104

Curahuasi District is one of the nine districts of the province Abancay 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 (73.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.86% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 14°03′43″S 72°40′12″W / 14.062°S 72.670°W