Llumpa District

Llumpa District is one of eight districts of the province Mariscal Luzuriaga in Peru.[1] This district was created by Law, dated at October 28, 1889, president of Perou: Andrés A. Cáceres [2]

Llumpa
Llumpa
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceMariscal Luzuriaga
FoundedOctober 28, 1889
CapitalLlumpa
Area
  Total143.27 km2 (55.32 sq mi)
Elevation
3,200 m (10,500 ft)
Population
  Total6,149
  Density43/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021306

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.92%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

See also

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. Neyra: "Cómo surgió una Provincia Bolivariana" ISBN 978-612-00-1099-0, pg.181
  3. 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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)


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