Chincho District

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Chincho
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Angaraes
FoundedOctober 31, 1959
Capital Chincho
Government
 •  Mayor Ruben Quispe De La Cruz
Area
 • Total182.7 km2 (70.5 sq mi)
Elevation
3,134 m (10,282 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total946
 • Density5.2/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]

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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]

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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: 12°58′22″S74°22′02″W / 12.9729°S 74.3673°W / -12.9729; -74.3673

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