{{Infobox settlement <!-- See Template:Infobox settlement for additional fields and descriptions --> | name = Turpay District | native_name = Distrito de Turpay | native_name_lang = es<!-- ISO 639-2 code e.g. "es" for Spanish --> | settlement_type = District | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | image_flag = | flag_alt = | image_shield = | shield_alt = | nickname = | image_map = | mapsize = frameless | map_alt = | map_caption = Location of Turpay District in Grau Province | coor_pinpoint = | coordinates = {{coord|14.219|S|72.624|W|region:PE_type:adm3rd_source:itwiki|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_footnotes = | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|Peru}} | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Apurímac | subdivision_type2 = Province | subdivision_name2 = Grau | parts_type = Subdivisions | parts_style = para | p1 = | established_title = Founded | established_date = February 28, 1958 | seat_type = Capital | seat = Turpay | leader_party = | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Simon Camposano Quispe | unit_pref = Metric<!-- or US or UK --> | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 52.34 | area_note = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 3440 | population_footnotes = | population_total = 831 | population_as_of = 2005 census | population_density_km2 = auto | population_note = | timezone1 = PET | utc_offset1 = -5 | blank_name_sec1 = UBIGEO | blank_info_sec1 = 030711 | website = | footnotes = }} '''Turpay District''' is one of the fourteen districts of the province Grau in Peru.<ref>{{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. ''[http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Digital] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100501234242/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ |date=2010-05-01 }}''. Retrieved April 7, 2008.</ref>

== 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).<ref>[http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127005551/http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales%3Fori%3DC |date=2013-01-27 }} INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)</ref>

==References== {{reflist}}

{{Districts of Apurímac Region}}

Category:Districts of the Grau province Category:Districts of the Department of Apurímac

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