Choras District

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Choras
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huánuco
Province Yarowilca
FoundedFebruary 2, 2001
Capital Choras, Peru
Government
 •  Mayor Oriol Armando Hermosilla Esteban
Area
 • Total61.14 km2 (23.61 sq mi)
Elevation
3,532 m (11,588 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total4,207
 • Density69/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 101108

Choras District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca in Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. The Quechua languages are the languages which the majority of the population (64.40%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.45% 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: 9°54′41″S76°36′22″W / 9.9115°S 76.6062°W / -9.9115; -76.6062

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