El Carmen District, Churcampa

El Carmen District is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa, in Peru.^[1]

El Carmen District
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Churcampa
Founded	June 10, 1955
Capital	Paucarbambilla
Government
• Mayor	Remigio Ñahui Ccora
Area
• Total	73.12 km2 (28.23 sq mi)
Elevation	3,114 m (10,217 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,195
• Density	44/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090504

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.81%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.77% 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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