San Pedro de Cachora District

For other places with the same name, see San Pedro District.
San Pedro de Cachora
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAbancay
FoundedDecember 7, 1943
CapitalCachora
Government
 • MayorHuber Cuaresma Espinoza
Area
 • Total
108.77 km2 (42.00 sq mi)
Elevation
2,903 m (9,524 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
3,763
 • Density35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030108

San Pedro de Cachora District is one of the nine districts of the province Abancay 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 (62.43%) learnt to speak in childhood, 37.05% 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 Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 4, 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)

13°30′47″S 72°48′36″W / 13.51306°S 72.81000°W / -13.51306; -72.81000


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