Lucre District, Aymaraes

Lucre
District
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Aymaraes
Founded March 24, 1960
Capital Lucre
Government
  Mayor Marcos Orosco Guillen
Area
  Total 110.48 km2 (42.66 sq mi)
Elevation 2,800 m (9,200 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 2,391
  Density 22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 030409

Lucre 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 (90.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.01% 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°57′04″S 73°13′41″W / 13.95111°S 73.22806°W / -13.95111; -73.22806

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