Chincheros District

Chincheros is the Capital of the Province Chincheros. Chincheros District is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros in Peru.^[1]

Chincheros
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Chincheros
Capital	Chincheros
Government
• Mayor	Pascual Huamanñahui Alegria
Area
• Total	132.4 km2 (51.1 sq mi)
Elevation	2,772 m (9,094 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	5,005
• Density	38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030601

Ethnic groups

The people in Chincheros are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.72%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.79% 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 Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 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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