San Antonio District, Grau

San Antonio
District
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Grau
Founded March 17, 1958
Capital San Antonio
Government
  Mayor Willienthon Sanchez Silva
Area
  Total 24.12 km2 (9.31 sq mi)
Elevation 3,451 m (11,322 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 532
  Density 22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 030709

San Antonio District is one of the fourteen districts of the province Grau 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, 37.05% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 14°09′54″S 72°37′16″W / 14.16500°S 72.62111°W / -14.16500; -72.62111

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 3/19/2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.