San Juan de Chacña District

San Juan de Chacña
District
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Aymaraes
Founded April 17, 1964
Capital San Juan de Chacña
Government
 • Mayor Jaime Antonio Torbisco Martinez
Area
 • Total 86.13 km2 (33.25 sq mi)
Elevation 2,854 m (9,364 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 1,269
 • Density 15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030411

San Juan de Chacña District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes 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 (88.15%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.61% 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 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved April 7, 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)

Coordinates: 13°55′26″S 73°10′54″W / 13.92389°S 73.18167°W / -13.92389; -73.18167

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