Choras District

Choras
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvinceYarowilca
FoundedFebruary 2, 2001
CapitalChoras, Peru
Government
 • MayorOriol Armando Hermosilla Esteban
Area
 • Total
61.14 km2 (23.61 sq mi)
Elevation
3,532 m (11,588 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
4,207
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO101108

Choras District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. The Quechua languages are the languages which the majority of the population (64.40%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.45% 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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