Talavera District

Talavera
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Andahuaylas
Capital	Talavera
Government
• Mayor	Juan Ricardo Reynoso Gutierrez
Area
• Total	148.12 km^2 (57.19 sq mi)
Elevation	2,820 m (9,250 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	17,707
• Density	120/km^2 (310/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030216

Talavera District is one of the nineteen districts of the province Andahuaylas in Peru.^[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (58.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 40.92% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

See also

• Chiri Yaku

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población

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