Cangallo District

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Cangallo
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Cangallo
Capital Cangallo
Government
 •  Mayor Percy Colos Ayala
Area
 • Total188.58 km2 (72.81 sq mi)
Elevation
2,577 m (8,455 ft)
Population
 • Total7,045
 • Density37/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050201

Cangallo District is one of six districts of the province Cangallo 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 (75.10%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.48% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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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)

Coordinates: 13°37′45″S74°08′40″W / 13.6293°S 74.1444°W / -13.6293; -74.1444

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