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Calapuja
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Lampa
Founded	May 2, 1854
Capital	Calapuja
Government
• Mayor	Andres Avelino Barrantes Yucra
Area
• Total	141.3 km (54.6 sq mi)
Elevation	3,843 m (12,608 ft)
Population
• Total	2,175
• Density	15/km (40/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	210703

Calapuja District is one of ten districts of the province Lampa 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 (80.35%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.44% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 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)

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