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Lampa District, Paucar del Sara Sara

Coordinates: 15°11′07″S 73°21′01″W / 15.1852°S 73.3503°W / -15.1852; -73.3503
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Lampa District
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Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvincePaucar del Sara Sara
CapitalLampa
Government
 • MayorFrancisco Eleuterio Gutierrez Diaz
Area
 • Total289.45 km2 (111.76 sq mi)
Elevation
2,850 m (9,350 ft)
Population
 • Total2,214
 • Density7.6/km2 (20/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050804

Lampa District is one of ten districts of the province Paucar del Sara Sara in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

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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

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  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. ^ 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)


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