en Kimbiri District

Kimbiri District

Distrito de Kimbiri
Kimbiri District Distrito de Kimbiri
District
Country	Peru
Region	Lima
Province	La Convención
Founded	May 4 1990
Capital	Kimbiri
Subdivisions	20 populated centers
Government
• Mayor	Guillermo Torres Palomino; (2007-2010)
Area
• Total	1,134.69 km2 (438.11 sq mi)
Elevation	1,600 m (5,200 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	14,442
• Density	13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
Website	munikimbiri.gob.pe

Kimbiri is a district in the western La Convención Province in Peru. It is bordered by Ayacucho Region on the west, Pichari District on the north, Echarate District on the east, and Vilcabamba District on the south.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (63.57%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.32% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[1]

^ 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 aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

External links

(in Spanish) Municipalidad Distrital de Kimbiri
(in Spanish) Kimbiri Tour^{[permanent dead link‍]}

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12°37′10″S 73°47′20″W / 12.6195°S 73.7888°W / -12.6195; -73.7888

[1] .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 aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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