Chilcayoc District

For the mountain in Peru, see Ch'illkayuq.
Chilcayoc
Ch'illkayuq
District

Location of Chilcayoc in the Sucre province
Country  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Sucre
Founded March 20, 1928
Capital Chilcayoc
Subdivisions 9 populated places
Area
 • Total 33.06 km2 (12.76 sq mi)
Elevation 3,373 m (11,066 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 677
 • Density 20/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 050904

Chilcayoc (in hispanicized spelling) or Ch'illkayuq (Quechua ch'illka baccharis,[1] -yuq a suffix to indicate possession, "the one that has got baccharis" or "the one with baccharis") is the smallest of 11 districts of the Sucre Province in the Ayacucho region in Peru.

Population

The population of Chilcayoc is 677 people, 324 men and 353 women.[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.71%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.13% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

Administrative division

The populated places in the district are:[2]

References

  1. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: ch'illka - s. Bot. (Bacharis molino. Bacharis polyantha kunth).
  2. 1 2 INEI
  3. ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 14°41′38″S 74°07′27″W / 14.69389°S 74.12417°W / -14.69389; -74.12417

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