Chingas District

Chingas
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Antonio Raymondi
Founded	February 2, 1956
Capital	Chingas
Government
•  Mayor	Emmer Torre (2019-2022)
Area
• Total	48.95 km2 (18.90 sq mi)
Elevation	2,854 m (9,364 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	1,851
• Density	38/km2 (98/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	020304

Chingas District is one of six districts of the Antonio Raymondi Province in Peru. ^[1]

It limits with the districts of Aczo, Llamellin and the Province of Huari.

Chingas is one of the most productive valleys of the Alley of Conchucos.

This district was founded on September 21, 1956.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (57.66%) learnt to speak in childhood, 42.24% 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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