Llumpa District Explained

Llumpa
Native Name Lang:qu
Settlement Type:District
Mapsize:frameless
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Peru
Subdivision Type1:Region
Subdivision Name1:Ancash
Subdivision Type2:Province
Subdivision Name2:Mariscal Luzuriaga
Parts Type:Subdivisions
Parts Style:para
Established Title:Founded
Established Date:October 28, 1889
Seat Type:Capital
Seat:Llumpa
Leader Title:Mayor
Unit Pref:Metric
Area Total Km2:143.27
Elevation M:3200
Population Total:6149
Population As Of:2005 census
Population Density Km2:auto
Timezone1:PET
Utc Offset1:-5
Blank Name Sec1:UBIGEO
Blank Info Sec1:021306

Llumpa District is one of eight districts of the Mariscal Luzuriaga Province in Peru.[1] This district was created by Law, dated at October 28, 1889, president of Perou: Andrés A. Cáceres [2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.92%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

See also

References

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Notes and References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. Neyra: "Cómo surgió una Provincia Bolivariana", pg.181
  3. http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe