Ranracancha District

Ranracancha (hispanicized spelling of Quechua Ranra Kancha, ranra, stony; stony ground, kancha corral,"stony corral")[1] is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros in Peru.[2]

Ranracancha

Ranra Kancha
District
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceChincheros
FoundedOctober 29, 1993
CapitalRanracancha
Area
 • Total44.52 km2 (17.19 sq mi)
Elevation
3,400 m (11,200 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total5,588
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030608

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (90.90%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.87% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

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References
  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  3. 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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