Chinchihuasi District
Chinchihuasi
Chinchiwasi | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Huancavelica |
Province | Churcampa |
Founded | January 11, 1962 |
Capital | Chinchihuasi |
Government | |
• Mayor | Miguel Abregu Torre |
Area | |
• Total | 171.68 km2 (66.29 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,800 m (9,200 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,935 |
• Density | 23/km2 (59/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 090503 |
Chinchihuasi or Chinchiwasi (Quechua chinchi a kind of chili pepper, wasi house,[1] "chili pepper house") is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa 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 (91.46%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.08% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]
See also
References
- ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ^ Template:Es icon Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Template:Wayback. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Template:Wayback INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)