Llumpa District

Llumpa
District

Llumpa
Country  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Mariscal Luzuriaga
Founded October 28, 1889
Capital Llumpa
Area
 • Total 143.27 km2 (55.32 sq mi)
Elevation 3,200 m (10,500 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 6,149
 • Density 43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 021306

Llumpa District is one of eight districts of the province Mariscal Luzuriaga in Peru.[1] This district was created by Law, dated at October 28, 1889, president of Perou: Andrés A. Cáceres [2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.92%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ Neyra: "Cómo surgió una Provincia Bolivariana" ISBN 978-612-00-1099-0, pg.181
  3. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine. INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que apredió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 8°55′01″S 77°22′01″W / 8.917°S 77.367°W / -8.917; -77.367


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