Rapayan District

Rapayan
District
Rapayan District
Rapayan District
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceHuari
FoundedSeptember 16, 1952
CapitalRapayan
Government
 • MayorBerino Olortegui Urbano
Area
 • Total
143.34 km2 (55.34 sq mi)
Elevation
3,238 m (10,623 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
1,742
 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021013

Rapayan District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province 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 (62.95%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.18% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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. ^ 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)

9°12′00″S 76°45′36″W / 9.20000°S 76.76000°W / -9.20000; -76.76000


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