Progreso District

Progreso
District
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Grau
Founded March 17, 1958
Capital Progreso
Government
 • Mayor Tomas Aquilino Huañec Huañec
Area
 • Total 254.59 km2 (98.30 sq mi)
Elevation 3,850 m (12,630 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 2,785
 • Density 11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 030708

Progreso 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 (86.96%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.39% 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 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°04′19″S 72°28′59″W / 14.072°S 72.483°W