Curasco District

Curasco
District
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Grau
Founded October 29, 1993
Capital Curasco
Government
 • Mayor Vidal Edgar Huamani Gutierrez
Area
 • Total 139.77 km2 (53.97 sq mi)
Elevation 3,460 m (11,350 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 1,742
 • Density 12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 030714

Curasco District is one of the fourteen districts of the province Grau 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 (93.54%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.17% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital. Retrieved April 7, 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°01′01″S 72°34′01″W / 14.017°S 72.567°W