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Near the city there are silver mines, which used to employ a section of the population. In 2002, the
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Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (80%) learnt to speak in childhood, followed by
Quechua (19%). The variety of Quechua spoken in the area is the Cajatambo Quechua (part of the Central Quechua "Wankay"), a
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Inca trails are still preserved and used as bridle paths by the locals.
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732:Ethnologue
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177:Population
156:Government
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293:Geography
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271:Quechua I
219:of Peru.
205:Cajatambo
191:Time zone
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