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)

Coordinates: 15°11′07″S 73°21′01″W / 15.1852°S 73.3503°W / -15.1852; -73.3503

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