Progreso District is one of the fourteen

districts A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...

of the

Grau Province Grau Province is one of the seven provinces of the Apurímac Region in Peru. The capital of the province is the city of Chuquibambilla. The province was named after the naval officer Miguel Grau Seminario. Boundaries *North: Abancay Province *Ea ...

in Peru.

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is

Intikancha Intikancha (Quechua ''inti'' sun, ''kancha'' enclosure, enclosed place, yard, a frame, or wall that encloses, "sun yard", Hispanicized spelling ''Inticancha'') is a mountain with an archaeological site of the same name in the Andes of Peru, abou ...

at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.96%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.39% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (

2007 Peru Census The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...

).inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

References

Districts of the Grau Province Districts of the Apurímac Region {{Apurímac-geo-stub