Chincho District

Chincho
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceAngaraes
FoundedOctober 31, 1959
CapitalChincho
Government
 • MayorRuben Quispe De La Cruz
Area
 • Total
182.7 km2 (70.5 sq mi)
Elevation
3,134 m (10,282 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
946
 • Density5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090305

Chincho District is one of the twelve districts in 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 (68.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.64% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

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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