San Pedro de Chana District

For other places with the same name, see San Pedro District.

San Pedro de Chana
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Huari
Founded	June 10, 1955
Capital	Chana
Government
•  Mayor	Juvenil Pompeyo Villajuan Collazos
Area
• Total	138.65 km2 (53.53 sq mi)
Elevation	3,413 m (11,198 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,650
• Density	19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021015

San Pedro de Chana District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province 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 (94.13%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.75% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

See also

• Kuntur Tuqllana

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. 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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