Canchabamba District

Canchabamba Kanchapampa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Huacaybamba
Founded	November 14, 1985
Capital	Canchabamba
Area
• Total	186.83 km2 (72.14 sq mi)
Elevation	3,200 m (10,500 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,217
• Density	17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	100402

Canchabamba District is one of four districts of the province Huacaybamba 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 (96.97%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.56% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

See also

• Marañón River
• Yanamayu

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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