Llochegua District

Llochegua District is one of eight districts of the province Huanta in Peru.[1]

Llochegua

Lluchiwa
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceHuanta
FoundedSeptember 14, 2000
CapitalLlochegua
Government
  MayorPedro Maximo Lopez Carbajal
Area
  Total713.71 km2 (275.56 sq mi)
Elevation
530 m (1,740 ft)
Population
  Total11,897
  Density17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050408

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (66.25%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.81% 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 Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 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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