Chincheros District

Chincheros is the Capital of the Province Chincheros. Chincheros District is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros in Peru.[1]

Chincheros
District
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceChincheros
CapitalChincheros
Government
 • MayorPascual Huamanñahui Alegria
Area
 • Total132.4 km2 (51.1 sq mi)
Elevation
2,772 m (9,094 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total5,005
 • Density38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030601

Ethnic groups

The people in Chincheros are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.72%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.79% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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References
  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 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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