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Turpo District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
December 11, 1942

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,297 m

Province
  
Andahuaylas Province

Region
  
Apurímac

Capital
  
Turpo

UBIGEO
  
030218

Area
  
121.7 km²

Turpo District is one of the nineteen districts of the province Andahuaylas in Peru.

Contents

Map of Turpo District, 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 (95.22%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.57% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Turpo District Wikipedia