Sañayca District
Appearance
Sañayca | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Apurímac |
Province | Aymaraes |
Founded | November 14, 1944 |
Capital | Sañayca |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ivan Cortez Terrazas |
Area | |
• Total | 448.91 km2 (173.33 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,370 m (11,060 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,354 |
• Density | 3.0/km2 (7.8/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 030412 |
Sañayca 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 (84.15%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.44% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
- ^ Template:Es icon Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)