Chincho District

Chincho
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Angaraes
Founded	October 31, 1959
Capital	Chincho
Government
•  Mayor	Ruben Quispe De La Cruz
Area
• Total	182.7 km2 (70.5 sq mi)
Elevation	3,134 m (10,282 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	946
• Density	5.2/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090305

Chincho District is one of the twelve districts in 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 (68.79%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.64% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

See also

• Kachimayu

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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