Chungui District

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Chungui
District
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Chungui District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province La Mar
Capital Chungui
Government
 •  Mayor Elvin Ccaicuri Santi [1]
Area
 • Total
1,060.52 km2 (409.47 sq mi)
Elevation
3,499 m (11,480 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
7,209
 • Density6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050505

Chungui District is one of eight districts of the province La Mar in Peru. [2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.73% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.munichungui.gob.pe/municipalidad/alcalde.html [ dead link ]
  2. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  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)

13°13′17″S73°37′16″W / 13.2213°S 73.6210°W / -13.2213; -73.6210


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