Ayapata District is one of ten
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of the province
Carabaya in
Peru.
Geography
The
Kallawaya mountain range traverses the district. The highest peak of the district is
Allin Qhapaq at . Other mountains are listed below:
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly
indigenous citizens of
Quechua descent.
Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (82.61%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.22% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish language (
2007 Peru Census
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...
).
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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
See also
* Inambari River
The Inambari River in southeastern Peru flows from the Cordillera Apolobamba in the Andes to the Madre de Dios River. The river spans the Puno and Madre de Dios regions.
Tributaries include the rivers Yanaqucha, Pukaramayu, Mancuari, Wila Uma, ...
* Yawarmayu
Yawarmayu (Quechua ''yawar'' blood, ''mayu'' river, "blood river", hispanicized spelling ''Yahuarmayo'') is a river in Peru located in the Puno Region, Carabaya Province, Ayapata District.escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Carabaya Province ( ...
References
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