Yunga District

Yunga Yunka
District
Country	Peru
Region	Moquegua
Province	General Sánchez Cerro
Founded	March 19, 1965
Capital	Yunga
Government
• Mayor	Leonardo Chivigorri Chivigorri
Area
• Total	110.74 km^2 (42.76 sq mi)
Elevation	3,571 m (11,716 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,352
• Density	12/km^2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	180211

Yunga District is one of eleven districts of the province General Sánchez Cerro 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 (73.38%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.98% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Jichu Qullu
• Pachakutiq

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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