Chiara District, Andahuaylas

Chiara Ch'iyara
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Andahuaylas
Founded	April 5, 1935
Government
• Mayor	Gabino Cartolin Altamirano
Area
• Total	148.92 km^2 (57.50 sq mi)
Elevation	3,270 m (10,730 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,623
• Density	11/km^2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030203

Chiara District is one of the nineteen districts of the province Andahuaylas 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 (96.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.05% 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 Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población

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