San Juan de Chacña District

San Juan de Chacña
District
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Aymaraes
Founded April 17, 1964
Capital San Juan de Chacña
Government
  Mayor Jaime Antonio Torbisco Martinez
Area
  Total 86.13 km2 (33.25 sq mi)
Elevation 2,854 m (9,364 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 1,269
  Density 15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 030411

San Juan de Chacña District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes 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 (88.15%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.61% 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 Digital. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 13°55′26″S 73°10′54″W / 13.92389°S 73.18167°W / -13.92389; -73.18167

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