Santa María de Chicmo District

Santa María de Chicmo
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Andahuaylas
Founded	December 11, 1964
Capital	Santa María de Chicmo
Government
• Mayor	Herminio Ortiz Guizado
Area
• Total	162.14 km^2 (62.60 sq mi)
Elevation	3,262 m (10,702 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	10,643
• Density	66/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030215

Santa María de Chicmo District is one of the nineteen districts of the province Andahuaylas 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 (84.22%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.41% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Chiri Yaku

References

1. (in Spanish) Institution 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

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