Quinua District
Quinua District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.[1]
Quinua
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Country | Peru |
Region | Ayacucho |
Province | Huamanga |
Capital | Quinua |
Government | |
• Mayor | Otilia Martha Chavez Gutierrez |
Area | |
• Total | 145.63 km2 (56.23 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,396 m (11,142 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 5,881 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 050108 |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.00%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.76% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- 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)
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