Chavinillo District

Chavinillo Chavinillo (Spanish) Chawinillu (Aymara) Chawinillu (Quechua) [1]
District
Chavinillo
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Yarowilca
Founded	September 14, 1906
Capital	Chavinillo
Government
•  Mayor	Rubino Aguirre Solorzano
Area
• Total	205.16 km2 (79.21 sq mi)
Elevation	3,471 m (11,388 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	10,259
• Density	50/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	101101

Chavinillo District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca in Peru. ^[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (60.07%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.57% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

See also

• Hatun Uqhu Punta
• Laksha Warina
• Tuqtuqucha Punta
• T'akaq
• Waruq

References

1. https://www.geonames.de/coupe-sub.html
2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
3. 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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