San Pedro de Cachora District

San Pedro de Cachora
District
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Abancay
Founded December 7, 1943
Capital Cachora
Government
 • Mayor Huber Cuaresma Espinoza
Area
 • Total 108.77 km2 (42.00 sq mi)
Elevation 2,903 m (9,524 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 3,763
 • Density 35/km2 (90/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030108

San Pedro de Cachora District is one of the nine districts of the province Abancay 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 (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)

Coordinates: 13°30′47″S 72°48′36″W / 13.51306°S 72.81000°W / -13.51306; -72.81000


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