Ocros District, Huamanga

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Ocros
District
Country  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Huamanga
Founded July 15, 1936
Capital Ocros
Government
 • Mayor Angel Hector Gutierrez De La Cruz
Area
 • Total 194.67 km2 (75.16 sq mi)
Elevation 3,125 m (10,253 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 5,853
 • Density 30/km2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 050106

Ocros District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga 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 (81.69%) learnt to speak in childhood, 17.74% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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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