Turpay District is one of the fourteen districts of the province Grau in Peru.[1]

Turpay District
Distrito de Turpay
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Coordinates: 14°13′08″S 72°37′26″W / 14.219°S 72.624°W / -14.219; -72.624
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceGrau
FoundedFebruary 28, 1958
CapitalTurpay
Government
 • MayorSimon Camposano Quispe
Area
 • Total52.34 km2 (20.21 sq mi)
Elevation
3,440 m (11,290 ft)
Population
 • Total831
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030711

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 (70.67%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.20% 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 2010-05-01 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)