Ranracancha District

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Ranracancha

Ranra Kancha
District
Abancay Plaza.jpg
Abancay Plaza
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Chincheros
FoundedOctober 29, 1993
Capital Ranracancha
Area
 • Total44.52 km2 (17.19 sq mi)
Elevation
3,400 m (11,200 ft)
Population
 • Total5,588
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030608

Ranracancha (hispanicized spelling of Quechua Ranra Kancha, ranra, stony; stony ground, kancha corral,"stony corral") [1] is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros in Peru. [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 (90.90%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.87% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  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)

Coordinates: 13°32′01″S73°36′19″W / 13.53361°S 73.60528°W / -13.53361; -73.60528


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