Yunga District

Yunga District is one of eleven districts of the province General Sánchez Cerro in Peru.[1]

Yunga

Yunka
District
Country Peru
RegionMoquegua
ProvinceGeneral Sánchez Cerro
FoundedMarch 19, 1965
CapitalYunga
Government
 • MayorLeonardo Chivigorri Chivigorri
Area
 • Total110.74 km2 (42.76 sq mi)
Elevation
3,571 m (11,716 ft)
Population
 • Total1,352
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO180211

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (73.38%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.98% 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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