Lampa District, Paucar del Sara Sara

Lampa
District
Country  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Paucar del Sara Sara
Capital Lampa
Government
  Mayor Francisco Eleuterio Gutierrez Diaz
Area
  Total 289.45 km2 (111.76 sq mi)
Elevation 2,850 m (9,350 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 2,214
  Density 7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 050804

Lampa District is one of ten districts of the province Paucar del Sara Sara 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 (54.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.72% 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 Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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