Carmen Salcedo
Antamarka
District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceLucanas
FoundedDecember 28, 1943
CapitalAndamarca
Government
 • MayorHugo Calixto Quispe Delgado
Area
 • Total473.66 km2 (182.88 sq mi)
Elevation
3,437 m (11,276 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,768
 • Density3.7/km2 (9.7/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050604

Carmen Salcedo District is one of twenty-one districts of the Lucanas Province in Peru.[1]

Geography

One of the highest mountains of the district is Waytayuq at approximately 4,800 m (15,700 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[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 (56.46%) learnt to speak in childhood, 43.24% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Lucanas Province 2, Ayacucho Region
  3. ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)


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