Tambillo District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.[1]
Tambillo | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Ayacucho |
Province | Huamanga |
Capital | Tambillo |
Government | |
• Mayor | Arturo Quispe Solorzano |
Area | |
• Total | 184.45 km2 (71.22 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,080 m (10,100 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 4,939 |
• Density | 27/km2 (69/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 050113 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 14.46% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)