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Justo Apu Sahuaraura District

Coordinates: 13°51′47″S 73°04′23″W / 13.86306°S 73.07306°W / -13.86306; -73.07306
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Justo Apu Sahuaraura
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Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAymaraes
FoundedSeptember 27, 1984
CapitalPichihua
Government
 • MayorMarcos Rosalio Zavala Benites
Area
 • Total97.64 km2 (37.70 sq mi)
Elevation
3,150 m (10,330 ft)
Population
 • Total1,048
 • Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030408

Justo Apu Sahuaraura District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes 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 (76.62%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.28% 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 Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

13°51′47″S 73°04′23″W / 13.86306°S 73.07306°W / -13.86306; -73.07306