Nuevo Occoro District

Nuevo Occoro District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica in Peru.[1]

Nuevo Occoro
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceHuancavelica
FoundedMay 10, 1955
CapitalOccoro
Government
  MayorAlfredo Pariona Sinche
Area
  Total211.56 km2 (81.68 sq mi)
Elevation
3,825 m (12,549 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total2,638
  Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090113

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (77.14%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.82% 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 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 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)

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