Choras District

Choras District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca in Peru.[1]

Choras
District
Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvinceYarowilca
FoundedFebruary 2, 2001
CapitalChoras, Peru
Government
 • MayorOriol Armando Hermosilla Esteban
Area
 • Total61.14 km2 (23.61 sq mi)
Elevation
3,532 m (11,588 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total4,207
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO101108

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (64.40%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.45% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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See also

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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