Lucre District, Aymaraes
District in Apurímac, Peru
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Lucre District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes in Peru.[1]
Lucre | |
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 Interactive map of Lucre | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Apurímac |
| Province | Aymaraes |
| Founded | March 24, 1960 |
| Founded by | Los Ríos |
| Capital | Lucre |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Marcos Orosco Guillen |
| Area | |
• Total | 110.48 km2 (42.66 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,800 m (9,200 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,391 |
| • Density | 21.64/km2 (56.05/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 030409 |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (90.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.01% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
