San Cristóbal District, Lucanas

San Cristóbal District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas in Peru.[1]

San Cristóbal
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceLucanas
FoundedMarch 25, 1986
CapitalSan Cristóbal
Government
  MayorLuis Paulino Rojas Alfaro
Area
  Total391.83 km2 (151.29 sq mi)
Elevation
3,550 m (11,650 ft)
Population
  Total2,097
  Density5.4/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050615

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (90.58%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.19% 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 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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