Ccochaccasa District

Quchaqasa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Angaraes
Founded	October 30, 1984
Capital	Ccochaccasa
Government
•  Mayor	Alejandro Taipe Huaira
Area
• Total	116.6 km2 (45.0 sq mi)
Elevation	4,150 m (13,620 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,532
• Density	30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090304

Ccochaccasa District is one of twelve districts of the province Angaraes 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 (56.22%) learnt to speak in childhood, 43.62% 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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