Ocobamba District, Chincheros

Ocobamba
District
Ocobamba
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Chincheros
Capital	Ocobamba
Government
•  Mayor	Julio Cesar Ayvar Buendia
Area
• Total	58.2 km2 (22.5 sq mi)
Elevation	3,006 m (9,862 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	8,253
• Density	140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030605

Ocobamba 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 (80.99%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.56% 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 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 7, 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)

13°28′59″S73°33′40″W / 13.48306°S 73.56111°W / -13.48306; -73.56111