Tintay | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Apurímac |
Province | Aymaraes |
Founded | December 27, 1961 |
Capital | Tintay |
Government | |
• Mayor | Aurelio Mendieta Arosto |
Area | |
• Total | 136.58 km2 (52.73 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,772 m (9,094 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,986 |
• Density | 29/km2 (76/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 030415 |
Tintay 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 (81.56%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.02% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
- ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ↑ 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)
13°58′04″S 73°11′26″W / 13.96778°S 73.19056°W
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