Chaccho District

Coordinates: 9°03′36″S 77°03′32″W / 9.060109°S 77.058789°W / -9.060109; -77.058789
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Chaccho
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceAntonio Raymondi
FoundedOctober 26, 1964
CapitalChaccho
Area
 • Total73.99 km2 (28.57 sq mi)
Elevation
3,329 m (10,922 ft)
Population
 • Total2,137
 • Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020303

Chaccho District is one of six districts of the Antonio Raymondi Province in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups[edit]

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (73.57%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.88% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, 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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