Ocros District, Huamanga

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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