Chilcas District

Chilcas District is one of eight districts of the province La Mar in Peru.[1]

Chilcas
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceLa Mar
FoundedOctober 17, 1893
CapitalChilcas
Government
  MayorLeonidas Illisca Guillen
Area
  Total149.63 km2 (57.77 sq mi)
Elevation
3,220 m (10,560 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total2,303
  Density15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050504

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.56%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.16% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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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