Capaya District

Capaya
District
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Aymaraes
Founded January 12, 1956
Capital Capaya
Government
  Mayor Vitaliano Julian Arbieto Roldan
Area
  Total 77.75 km2 (30.02 sq mi)
Elevation 3,290 m (10,790 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 738
  Density 9.5/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 030402

Capaya 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 (50.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, 48.98% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 14°07′08″S 73°19′05″W / 14.119°S 73.318°W / -14.119; -73.318

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