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Virundo District

Virundo District is one of the fourteen districts of the Grau Province in Peru.

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Qusqu Qhawarina at approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft). Other mountains are listed below:

  • Anqasi
  • Chunta
  • Kampanayuq
  • Kiswara
  • Kuntur Marka
  • Kuntur Silla
  • Minas Urqu
  • Pukarani
  • Q'illa Q'illa
  • Supayku Urqu
  • Wanqarani
  • Waswachani
  • Yanama

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.59%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.54% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Grau Province (Apurimac Region)
  3. ^ 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)

14°15′00″S 72°40′48″W / 14.25000°S 72.68000°W / -14.25000; -72.68000