The people in the district are mainly
indigenous citizens of
Quechua descent.
Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.43%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.14% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish language (
2007 Peru Census).[4]
^Radio San Gabriel, "Instituto Radiofonico de Promoción Aymara" (IRPA) 1993, Republicado por Instituto de las Lenguas y Literaturas Andinas-Amazónicas (ILLLA-A) 2011, Transcripción del Vocabulario de la Lengua Aymara, P.
Ludovico Bertonio 1612 (Spanish-Aymara-Aymara-Spanish dictionary)
^escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Abancay Province (Apurímac Region)
^inei.gob.peArchived 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)