en Chuquis District

Chuquis
Chuquis
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Dos de Mayo
Founded	September 18, 1960
Capital	Chuquis, Peru
Government
• Mayor	Victor Maulle Lavado Dimas
Area
• Total	151.25 km2 (58.40 sq mi)
Elevation	3,355 m (11,007 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	4,333
• Density	29/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	100307

Chuquis District is one of nine districts of the province Dos de Mayo 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 (59.82%) learnt to speak in childhood, while 39.86% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ 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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9°40′40″S 76°42′19″W / 9.6777°S 76.7053°W / -9.6777; -76.7053

[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] .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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