Churcampa District

Churcampa District is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa in Peru.[1]

Churcampa
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceChurcampa
CapitalChurcampa
Government
  MayorRobert Juan Rojas Meza
Area
  Total141.36 km2 (54.58 sq mi)
Elevation
3,262 m (10,702 ft)
Population
  Total6,323
  Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090501

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.59%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.56% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

12.7392°S 74.3877°W / -12.7392; -74.3877

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