Lucre District, Aymaraes (original) (raw)
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District in Apurímac, Peru
| Lucre | |
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| District | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Apurímac |
| Province | Aymaraes |
| Founded | March 24, 1960 |
| Founded by | Los Ríos |
| Capital | Lucre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marcos Orosco Guillen |
| Area | |
| • Total | 110.48 km2 (42.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,800 m (9,200 ft) |
| Population (2005 census) | |
| • Total | 2,391 |
| • Density | 22/km2 (56/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 030409 |
Lucre District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes in Peru.[1]
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (90.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.01% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
- ^ (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°57′04″S 73°13′41″W / 13.95111°S 73.22806°W / -13.95111; -73.22806