Kaquiabamba District

Kaquiabamba District is one of the nineteen districts of the province Andahuaylas in Peru.[1]

Kaquiabamba
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAndahuaylas
FoundedJune 9, 1995
CapitalKaquiabamba
Government
  MayorRuben Vivanco Ccoicca
Area
  Total97.79 km2 (37.76 sq mi)
Elevation
3,150 m (10,330 ft)
Population
  Total2,971
  Density30/km2 (79/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030219

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (93.23 %) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.55% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población


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