Chaviña District

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

Chaviña

Chawiña
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceLucanas
FoundedAugust 22, 1921
CapitalChaviña
Government
  MayorYsrael Alcides Atoccza Torres
Area
  Total399.09 km2 (154.09 sq mi)
Elevation
3,310 m (10,860 ft)
Population
  Total2,708
  Density6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050605

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (60.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.01% 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 April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  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)

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