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El Oro District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Antabamba

Capital
  
Ayahuay

Elevation
  
3,280 m

Region
  
Apurímac

Founded
  
August 18, 1961

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
68.81 km²

El Oro District is one of the seven districts of the province Antabamba 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 (79.88%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.92% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

El Oro District Wikipedia