Congalla District

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Congalla
District
Congalla District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Angaraes
FoundedSeptember 3, 1941
Capital Congalla
Government
 •  Mayor Cesario León Ramos
Area
 • Total
215.64 km2 (83.26 sq mi)
Elevation
3,523 m (11,558 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
4,762
 • Density22/km2 (57/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090306

Congalla District is one of twelve districts of the province Angaraes 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 (94.08%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.38% 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 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)

12°57′22″S74°29′32″W / 12.9560°S 74.4923°W / -12.9560; -74.4923


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