San Pedro de Cachora District

San Pedro de Cachora District is one of the nine districts of the province Abancay in Peru.[1]

San Pedro de Cachora
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAbancay
FoundedDecember 7, 1943
CapitalCachora
Government
  MayorHuber Cuaresma Espinoza
Area
  Total108.77 km2 (42.00 sq mi)
Elevation
2,903 m (9,524 ft)
Population
  Total3,763
  Density35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030108

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.43%) learnt to speak in childhood, 37.05% 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 Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 4, 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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