Ongoy District

Ongoy Unquy
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Chincheros
Capital	Ongoy
Government
• Mayor	Edwin Acosta Ccahuana
Area
• Total	237.56 km^2 (91.72 sq mi)
Elevation	2,768 m (9,081 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	8,518
• Density	36/km^2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030606

Ongoy District is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros 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 (92.31%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.76% 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 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 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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