Mariscal Gamarra District
Mariscal Gamarra District is one of the fourteen districts of the Grau Province in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Q'illu Q'asa at approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below:
- Alma Pampa
- Anta Marka
- Aqu Q'asa
- Asiru Pata
- Awkirana
- Challa Q'asa
- Chunta Q'asa
- Ch'uspi
- Hatun Qaqa
- Kawsu
- Llamayuq Rumi
- Misa Pata
- Parqa Urqu
- Qutani
- Q'illuni
- Saywit'u
- Surani
- Suwa Qullu
- Taya Q'asa
- Tika Pallana
- Uywaki
- Waman Marka
- Waqutu
- Wik'uña Kunka
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (91.90%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.40% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Grau Province (Apurimac Region)
- ^ 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)
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