Singa District

Singa or Sinqa (Quechua for nose)[1] is one of eleven districts of the province Huamalíes in Peru.[2]

Singa

Sinqa
Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvinceHuamalíes
CapitalSinga
Government
  MayorPedro Celestino Collazos Villavicencio
Area
  Total151.7 km2 (58.6 sq mi)
Elevation
3,615 m (11,860 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total4,395
  Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO100510

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.39%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.97% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

References

  1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  3. 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)

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