Churcampa District

Churcampa
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceChurcampa
CapitalChurcampa
Government
 • MayorRobert Juan Rojas Meza
Area
 • Total141.36 km2 (54.58 sq mi)
Elevation
3,262 m (10,702 ft)
Population
 • Total6,323
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090501

Churcampa District is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.59%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.56% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

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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