Anchonga District

Anchonga
Map
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceAngaraes
FoundedJanuary 5, 1945
CapitalAnchonga
Government
 • MayorOctavio Javier Quispe
Area
 • Total
72.4 km2 (28.0 sq mi)
Elevation
3,298 m (10,820 ft)
Population
 • Total
7,282
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090302

Anchonga District is one of twelve districts of the province Angaraes in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.71%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.16% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)


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