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Encyclopedia > Peru 1993 Census

The Peru 1993 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population made on July 11, 1993 by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Its full name in Spanish is IX Censo de Población y IV de Vivienda ("Ninth Population and Fourth Household Census"). July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... i dont like this page. ... The Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática (INEI) (National Institute of Statistics and Informatics) is a semi-autonomous Peruvian government agency which coordinates, compiles, and evaluates statistical information for the country. ...

The latest census done by the Peruvian Government is the Peru 2005 Census. The Government of Peru is in a state of ongoing democratization. ...

Population

According to this census, the total population in Peru is 22,048,356 inhabitants, 50.3% of which (11,091,981) are female and 49.7% (10,956,375) are male. A census is the process of obtaining information about every member of a population (not necessarily a human population). ...

Department Persons born in the dept. or abroad % of country's population
Amazonas 337,421 1.5
Ancash 1,192,942 5.4
Apurímac 550,846 2.5
Arequipa 846,180 3.8
Ayacucho 766,962 3.5
Cajamarca 1,652,073 7.5
Callao 418,261 1.9
Cusco 1,147,713 5.2
Huancavelica 580,892 2.6
Huánuco 729,553 3.3
Ica 595,235 2.7
Junín 1,185,301 5.4
La Libertad 1,320,230 6
Lambayeque 915,968 4.2
Lima 4,430,910 20.1
Loreto 742,717 3.4
Madre de Dios 45,655 0.2
Moquegua 114,228 0.5
Pasco 299,749 1.4
Piura 1,568,391 7.1
Puno 1,329,474 6
San Martín 474,024 2.1
Tacna 149,838 0.7
Tumbes 136,738 0.6
Ucayali 240,945 1.1
Abroad 52,725 0.2
Unspecified 223,385 1
Total 22,048,356 100%

Languages

Spanish is the most spoken language in the country, with 89.5% using it as their first language, while Quechua is spoken at home by 16.5% of the population, 2.3% speak Aymara, 0.7% speak other indigenous languages, and 0.2% speak foreign languages. First language (native language, mother tongue, or vernacular) is the language a person learns first. ... Quechua (Runasimi in Quechua; Runa, People + Simi, speech, literally mouth) is a Native American language of South America. ... Help wikipedia by translating [Spanish article] into this article. ... The word indigenous is an adjective derived from the Latin word indigena, meaning native, belonging to, aboriginal; and has several applications: Indigenous peoples, communities and cultures native or indigenous to a territory; Indigenous (band), a Native American blues-rock band; In biology, indigenous means native to a place or biota...

Education

The illiteracy rate is 15%. Literacy is the ability to use text to communicate across space and time. ...


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ILAB - Appendix B (5979 words)
Census and labor force surveys, however, have been found to be less than effective tools for measuring and understanding child labor.
Data from the 1993 census show approximately 196,000 economically active children six to 14 years old out of a total child population of 4.8 million, an increase of 72,000 children from 1981.
The 1988 census counted as economically active all citizens 10 years and older who were employed or looking for work during the year preceding the census day, including all those doing unpaid work in family firms or businesses, working students with a part-time job, and seasonal workers.
Peru (1420 words)
Peru's lack of general well-being was further suggested by the nation's high and growing dependence on foreign food since 1975 through direct imports, which had increased 300 percent, and food assistance programs, which showed a tenfold increment.
The irony of Peru's condition was captured long ago in the characterization of the nation as being a "pauper sitting on a throne of gold." How to put the gold in the pauper's pockets without destroying the chair on which to sit is a puzzle that Peruvians and their international supporters have yet to solve.
According to the 1993 census, infant mortality was 59.0 per 1,000 live births nationally, and ranged from 22.9 per 1,000 in Callao to 113.9 per 1,000 in Huancavelica.
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