Churcampa District

Churcampa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Churcampa
Capital	Churcampa
Government
• Mayor	Robert Juan Rojas Meza
Area
• Total	141.36 km^2 (54.58 sq mi)
Elevation	3,262 m (10,702 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	6,323
• Density	45/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090501

Churcampa District is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa 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 (62.59%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.56% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Hamp'atuyuq

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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