Choras District
Appearance
Choras | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Huánuco |
Province | Yarowilca |
Founded | February 2, 2001 |
Capital | Choras, Peru |
Government | |
• Mayor | Oriol Armando Hermosilla Esteban |
Area | |
• Total | 61.14 km2 (23.61 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,532 m (11,588 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 4,207 |
• Density | 69/km2 (180/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 101108 |
Choras District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca 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 (64.40%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.45% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)