Chaviña District

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Chaviña
Chawiña
District
Country  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Lucanas
Founded August 22, 1921
Capital Chaviña
Government
 • Mayor Ysrael Alcides Atoccza Torres
Area
 • Total 399.09 km2 (154.09 sq mi)
Elevation 3,310 m (10,860 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 2,708
 • Density 6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 050605

Chaviña District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas 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 (60.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.01% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)


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