Curahuasi District is one of the nine
districts of the
Abancay Province
The Abancay Province is one of seven provinces of the Apurímac Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Abancay.
Boundaries
*North: Cusco Region
*East: Cotabambas Province, Grau Province
*South: Aymaraes Province, Antabamba ...
in
Peru
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.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Q'illu Q'asa at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly
indigenous
Indigenous may refer to:
*Indigenous peoples
*Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention
*Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band
*Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...
citizens of
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
descent, although with a sizable percentage of
mestizo and
castizo population located mainly in the urban center.
Quechua
Quechua may refer to:
*Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru
*Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language
**So ...
is the language which the majority of the population (73.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.86% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Can ...
language (
2007 Peru Census).
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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
* Apurímac River
The Apurímac River ( que, Apurimaq mayu; es, Río Apurímac, ; from Quechua ''apu'' 'divinity' and ''rimaq'' 'oracle, talker') rises from glacial meltwater of the ridge of the Mismi, a mountain in the Arequipa Province in the south-western ...
References
Districts of the Abancay Province
Districts of the Apurímac Region
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