San Miguel de Chaccrapampa District

San Miguel de Chaccrapampa or Chakrapampa (Quechua chakra field, pampa large plain, "field plain") is one of the nineteen districts of the Andahuaylas Province in Peru.[1]

San Miguel de Chaccrapampa

Chakrapampa
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAndahuaylas
FoundedJune 8, 1990
CapitalChaccrapampa
Government
  MayorFelix Vargas Loa
Area
  Total83.37 km2 (32.19 sq mi)
Elevation
3,650 m (11,980 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total2,312
  Density28/km2 (72/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030214

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (98.07%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.81% 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 4, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población


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