Chacabamba District

Chacabamba District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca in Peru.[1]

Chacabamba Chakapampa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Yarowilca
Founded	September 6, 1920
Capital	Chacabamba
Government
• Mayor	Carter Solorzano Mato
Area
• Total	16.53 km^2 (6.38 sq mi)
Elevation	3,200 m (10,500 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,837
• Density	110/km^2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	101103

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (65.39%) learnt to speak in childhood, 34.40% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

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)