Quinua District

Quinua District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.[1]

Quinua

Kinwa
District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceHuamanga
CapitalQuinua
Government
 • MayorOtilia Martha Chavez Gutierrez
Area
 • Total145.63 km2 (56.23 sq mi)
Elevation
3,396 m (11,142 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total5,881
 • Density40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050108

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.00%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.76% 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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