Chungui District
Appearance
Chungui | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Ayacucho |
Province | La Mar |
Capital | Chungui |
Government | |
• Mayor | Elvin Ccaicuri Santi[1] |
Area | |
• Total | 1,060.52 km2 (409.47 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,499 m (11,480 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 7,209 |
• Density | 6.8/km2 (18/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 050505 |
Chungui District is one of eight districts of the province La Mar in Peru.[2]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.73% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ http://www.munichungui.gob.pe/municipalidad/alcalde.html [dead link]
- ^ (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)
13°13′17″S 73°37′16″W / 13.2213°S 73.6210°W