Cochabamba District, Huacaybamba

For other uses, see Cochabamba (disambiguation).

Cochabamba Quchapampa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Huacaybamba
Founded	November 14, 1985
Capital	Cochabamba
Government
•  Mayor	Jaimes Cerna Hurtado
Area
• Total	686.95 km2 (265.23 sq mi)
Elevation	3,275 m (10,745 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,339
• Density	3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	100403

Cochabamba District (Quechua: Quchapampa, qucha means "lake" and pampa means "plain") is one of four districts of the province Huacaybamba in Peru. ^[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (50.29%) learned to speak in childhood, 49.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

See also

• Hatun Hirka
• Kinwaqucha
• Puchkayuq

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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