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Madrigal
Madrigal
District
	Madrigal
Country	Peru
Region	Arequipa
Province	Caylloma
Capital	Madrigal
Government
• Mayor	Niceforo Cirilo Condori Huanqui
Area
• Total	160.09 km2 (61.81 sq mi)
Elevation	3,262 m (10,702 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	827
• Density	5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	040513

Madrigal District is one of twenty districts of the province Caylloma in Peru.^[1]

Geography

The Ch'ila mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest mountains of the district is Suriwiri. Other mountains are listed below:^[2]

Hatun Pila
Jichu Qullu
Parwayani
Sillani
Suriwiri

Madrigal lies north of the Colca valley.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (56.78%) learnt to speak in childhood, 42.92% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[3]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Caylloma Province 1 (Arequipa Region)
^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)