Tintay District

Tintay
District
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Aymaraes
Founded December 27, 1961
Capital Tintay
Government
  Mayor Aurelio Mendieta Arosto
Area
  Total 136.58 km2 (52.73 sq mi)
Elevation 2,772 m (9,094 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 3,986
  Density 29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 030415

Tintay 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 (81.56%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.02% 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: 13°58′04″S 73°11′26″W / 13.96778°S 73.19056°W