Anchonga District

Anchonga District is one of twelve districts of the province Angaraes in Peru.[1]

Anchonga
District
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceAngaraes
FoundedJanuary 5, 1945
CapitalAnchonga
Government
 • MayorOctavio Javier Quispe
Area
 • Total72.4 km2 (28.0 sq mi)
Elevation
3,298 m (10,820 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total7,282
 • Density100/km2 (260/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090302

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.71%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.16% 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 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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