Chilcas District

Chilcas
District
Country  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province La Mar
Founded October 17, 1893
Capital Chilcas
Government
 • Mayor Leonidas Illisca Guillen
Area
 • Total 149.63 km2 (57.77 sq mi)
Elevation 3,220 m (10,560 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 2,303
 • Density 15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 050504

Chilcas District is one of eight districts of the province La Mar in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.56%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.16% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. ↑ (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)

Coordinates: 13°10′17″S 73°54′24″W / 13.1715°S 73.9067°W / -13.1715; -73.9067

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