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Tapairihua
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Aymaraes
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Tapairihua
Government
• Mayor	Fortunato Retamozo Salinas
Area
• Total	163.73 km (63.22 sq mi)
Elevation	2,820 m (9,250 ft)
Population
• Total	2,770
• Density	17/km (44/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030414

Tapairihua District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.52%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.23% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 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)

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