Mamara District

Mamara
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Grau
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Mamara
Government
• Mayor	Julian Alejandrino Challco Quispe
Area
• Total	66.21 km^2 (25.56 sq mi)
Elevation	3,590 m (11,780 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	959
• Density	14/km^2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030705

Mamara District is one of the fourteen districts of the province Grau 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 (76.95%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.60% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Kimsaqucha

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
2. 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)

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