Totos District

Totos
District
Country  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Cangallo
Capital Totos
Government
  Mayor Teresa De La Cruz Licas
Area
  Total 112.9 km2 (43.6 sq mi)
Elevation 3,286 m (10,781 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 4,415
  Density 39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 050206

Totos District is one of six districts of the province Cangallo 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 (94.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.40% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

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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