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Lucre District, Aymaraes

Coordinates: 13°57′04″S 73°13′41″W / 13.95111°S 73.22806°W / -13.95111; -73.22806
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Lucre
Map
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAymaraes
FoundedMarch 24, 1960
Founded byLos Ríos
CapitalLucre
Government
 • MayorMarcos Orosco Guillen
Area
 • Total110.48 km2 (42.66 sq mi)
Elevation
2,800 m (9,200 ft)
Population
 • Total2,391
 • Density22/km2 (56/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030409

Lucre District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

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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]

References

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  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. ^ 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