Tapay District is one of twenty districts of Caylloma Province in Peru.[ Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital . Retrieved April 11, 2008.]
Geography
The Chila mountain range traverses the district. One of the highest mountains of the district is
Suriwiri. Other mountains are listed below:
[escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Caylloma Province 1 (Arequipa Region)]
Tapay lies north of the Colca River valley.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of
Quechua people descent.
Quechua language is the language which the majority of the population (72.10%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.10% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish language language (2007 Peru Census).
[ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)]
