Cochabamba District, Huaraz

For other uses, see Cochabamba (disambiguation).

Cochabamba Quchapampa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Huaraz
Founded	September 30, 1943
Capital	Cochabamba
Government
•  Mayor	Vido Segundo Sanchez Sifuentes
Area
• Total	135.65 km2 (52.37 sq mi)
Elevation	2,105 m (6,906 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,051
• Density	15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	020102

Cochabamba District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaraz 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 (77.83%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.06% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

See also

• Puka Hirka

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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