Cocharcas District

Cocharcas
District
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Cocharcas
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Chincheros
Capital	Cocharcas
Government
•  Mayor	Silverio Florentino Valer Pizarro
Area
• Total	109.9 km2 (42.4 sq mi)
Elevation	3,030 m (9,940 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,219
• Density	20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030603

Cocharcas District is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros 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 (86.25%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.13% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 7, 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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