Ollantaytambo District

{{Infobox settlement

| name = Ollantaytambo
Ullantaytampu

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| native_name_lang = es

| settlement_type = District

| image_skyline = Ollantaytambo granaries Stevage.jpg

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| image_caption = Ruins of granaries on the hillside over Ollantaytambo.

| image_flag = Bandera de Ollantaytambo.png

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| image_shield = Escudo de Ollantaytambo.png

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| mapsize = frameless

| map_alt =

| map_caption = Location of Ollantaytambo in the Urubamba province

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| subdivision_type = Country

| subdivision_name = {{flag|Peru}}

| subdivision_type1 = Region

| subdivision_name1 = Cusco

| subdivision_type2 = Province

| subdivision_name2 = Urubamba

| parts_type = Subdivisions

| parts_style = para

| p1 =

| established_title = Founded

| established_date = January 2, 1857

| seat_type = Capital

| seat = Ollantaytambo

| leader_party =

| leader_title = Mayor

| leader_name = Jose Rios Coronel

| unit_pref = Metric

| area_footnotes =

| area_total_km2 = 640.25

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| elevation_footnotes =

| elevation_m = 2846

| population_footnotes =

| population_total = 10165

| population_as_of = 2017

| population_density_km2 = auto

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| timezone1 = PET

| utc_offset1 = -5

| blank_name_sec1 = UBIGEO

| blank_info_sec1 = 081306

| website = [http://www.muniollantaytambo.gob.pe muniollantaytambo.gob.pe]

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Ollantaytambo District is one of seven districts of Urubamba Province in Peru. The town of Ollantaytambo is the capital of the district.{{in lang|es}} Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. [http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ Banco de Información Distrital] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080423164200/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/mapas/bid/ |date=2008-04-23 }}. Retrieved April 11, 2008.

Geography

The Urupampa and Willkapampa mountain ranges traverse the district. The highest peak of the district is Sallqantay at {{convert|6271|m|ft|0}}. Other mountains are listed below:escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Anta Province (Cusco Region)

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (58.55%) learnt to speak in childhood, 38.74% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[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)

See also

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