Cocharcas District

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Cocharcas
District
Iglesia de la Virgen de Cocharcas, Apurimac.jpg
The Sanctuary of Our Lady of Cocharcas
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Chincheros
Capital Cocharcas
Government
 •  Mayor Silverio Florentino Valer Pizarro
Area
 • Total109.9 km2 (42.4 sq mi)
Elevation
3,030 m (9,940 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total2,219
 • Density20/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]

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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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