Ongoy District

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Ongoy
Unquy
District
Ongoy District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Chincheros
Capital Ongoy
Government
 •  Mayor Edwin Acosta Ccahuana
Area
 • Total
237.56 km2 (91.72 sq mi)
Elevation
2,768 m (9,081 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
8,518
 • Density36/km2 (93/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030606

Ongoy 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 (92.31%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.76% 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°24′14″S73°40′12″W / 13.40389°S 73.67000°W / -13.40389; -73.67000


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