Cocharcas District

Cocharcas District is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros in Peru.[1]

Cocharcas
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceChincheros
CapitalCocharcas
Government
  MayorSilverio Florentino Valer Pizarro
Area
  Total109.9 km2 (42.4 sq mi)
Elevation
3,030 m (9,940 ft)
Population
  Total2,219
  Density20/km2 (52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030603

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.25%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.13% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 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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