Chojata District

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Chojata
District

FOTO PANORAMICA DEL PUEBLO DE CHOJATA.JPG

A view of Chojata and the mountains north and north-west of it
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Moquegua
Province General Sánchez Cerro
Founded February 15, 1955
Capital Chojata
Government
 •  Mayor Lucio Maldonado Roque
Area
 • Total 847.94 km2 (327.39 sq mi)
Elevation 3,625 m (11,893 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 1,986
 • Density 2.3/km2 (6.1/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 180202

Chojata District is one of eleven districts of the General Sánchez Cerro Province in Peru. [1]

Districts of Peru third level administrative subdivision of Peru

The districts of Peru are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments. There are 1,838 districts in total.

General Sánchez Cerro Province Province in Moquegua, Peru

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Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Hatun P'ukru at approximately 5,153 m (16,906 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [2]

Hatun Pukru mountain in Peru

Hatun P'ukru is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about 5,153-metre (16,906 ft) high. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, on the border of the districts of Chojata and Matalaque.

Kunturini (Peru) mountain in Peru

Kunturini is a mountain in the Peruvian Andes, about 4,600 metres (15,092 ft) high. Kunturini is located in the Moquegua Region, on the border of the General Sánchez Cerro Province, Chojata District, and the Mariscal Nieto Province, Carumas District, and in the Puno Region, Puno Province, Pichacani District. It lies southwest of the lake Pharaquta.

Paqu Paquni mountain in Peru

Paqu Paquni is a 5,031-metre-high (16,506 ft) mountain in the Andes of Peru. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerro Province, Chojata District, east of Jukumarini Lake.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.40% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

Indigenous peoples of the Americas Pre-Columbian inhabitants of North, Central, and South America and their descendants

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Quechua people ethnic group

Quechua people or Quecha peoples, may refer to any or all speakers of the Quechua languages, which originated among the indigenous peoples of South America. Most Quechua speakers are native to Peru, although there are some significant populations living in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.

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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. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map General Sánchez Cerro Province (Moquegua Region)
  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)

Coordinates: 16°23′19″S70°43′49″W / 16.3885°S 70.7303°W / -16.3885; -70.7303

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