| Turpay District Distrito de Turpay | |
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| District | |
| Coordinates: 14°13′08″S 72°37′26″W / 14.219°S 72.624°W / -14.219; -72.624 | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Apurímac |
| Province | Grau |
| Founded | February 28, 1958 |
| Capital | Turpay |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Simon Camposano Quispe |
| Area | |
| • Total | 52.34 km (20.21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,440 m (11,290 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 831 |
| • Density | 16/km (41/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 030711 |
Turpay District is one of the fourteen districts of the province Grau 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 (70.67%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.20% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2010-05-01 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- 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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| Abancay | |
| Andahuaylas | |
| Antabamba | |
| Aymaraes | |
| Chincheros | |
| Cotabambas | |
| Grau | |
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