Pichirhua District

Pichirhua Pichirwa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Abancay
Founded	November 19, 1839
Capital	Pichirhua
Government
•  Mayor	Marcelino Montes Aguilar
Area
• Total	370.69 km2 (143.12 sq mi)
Elevation	2,726 m (8,944 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	4,564
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030107

Pichirhua District is one of the nine districts of the Abancay Province in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Kuntur Sinqa at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below: ^[2]

• Aqu Marka
• Aqu Q'asa
• Ch'ampa Qucha
• Ch'uñuna
• Hatun Waswalla
• Kimsa P'ukru
• Layanniyuq
• Lilayuq
• Puka Kunka
• Qucha Urqu
• Quncha Pallana
• Tuku Sinqa
• Usnu Muqu
• Wisk'achayuq

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (77.34%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.25% 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 Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 4, 2008.
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Abancay Province (Apurimac 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)

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