Nuevo Occoro District

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Nuevo Occoro
District
Uchkus Inkanan archeological site Huancavelica.PNG
Nuevo Occoro District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Huancavelica
FoundedMay 10, 1955
Capital Occoro
Government
 •  Mayor Alfredo Pariona Sinche
Area
 • Total
211.56 km2 (81.68 sq mi)
Elevation
3,825 m (12,549 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,638
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090113

Nuevo Occoro District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica in Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (77.14%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.82% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

See also

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°35′41″S75°01′11″W / 12.5948°S 75.0196°W / -12.5948; -75.0196


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