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Capaya
Map
Interactive map of Capaya
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAymaraes
FoundedJanuary 12, 1956
CapitalCapaya
Government
  MayorVitaliano Julian Arbieto Roldan
Area
  Total
77.75 km2 (30.02 sq mi)
Elevation
3,290 m (10,790 ft)
Population
  Total
738
  Density9.49/km2 (24.6/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030402

Capaya District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes in Peru.[1]

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 (50.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, 48.98% 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 April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. 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)

14°07′08″S 73°19′05″W / 14.119°S 73.318°W / -14.119; -73.318