La Merced District, Churcampa

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La Merced District
District
Chaypara Footbridge.jpg
Footbridge across Mantaro River in Chaypara, La Merced District
La Merced District, Churcampa
Country Flag of Peru.svg Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Churcampa
FoundedNovember 30, 1945
Capital La Merced
Government
 •  Mayor Irineo Guevara Pacheco
Area
 • Total
69 km2 (27 sq mi)
Elevation
2,632 m (8,635 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
587
 • Density8.5/km2 (22/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090505

La Merced District is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa 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 (53.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 46.62% 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 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

12°47′18″S74°21′32″W / 12.7882°S 74.3589°W / -12.7882; -74.3589


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