Ccarhuayo District

The Ccarhuayo District is one of the twelve districts in the Quispicanchi Province in Peru. Created by Law No. 13476 on November 25, 1960, its seat is Ccarhuayo.

Ccarhuayo

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District
Country Peru
RegionCusco
ProvinceQuispicanchi
FoundedNovember 25, 1960
CapitalCcarhuayo
Government
 • MayorValerio Aparicio Holgado
Area
 • Total313.89 km2 (121.19 sq mi)
Elevation
3,442 m (11,293 ft)
Population
 • Total2,943
 • Density9.4/km2 (24/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO081204

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Qullqi P'unqu at 5,522 m (18,117 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[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 (96.69%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.20% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References
  1. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Paucartambo Province (Cusco Region)
  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)
  • (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Departamento Cusco. Retrieved on November 1, 2007.

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