Ocros District, Huamanga

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Ocros
District
Ocros District, Huamanga
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Huamanga
FoundedJuly 15, 1936
Capital Ocros
Government
 •  Mayor Angel Hector Gutierrez De La Cruz
Area
 • Total
194.67 km2 (75.16 sq mi)
Elevation
3,125 m (10,253 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
5,853
 • Density30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050106

Ocros District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru. [1]

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Geography

One of the highest mountains of the district is Hatun Rumi at approximately 4,200 m (13,800 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.69%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.74% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

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. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region
  3. ↑ 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°23′30″S73°55′05″W / 13.3916°S 73.9180°W / -13.3916; -73.9180


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