Singa District
Singa or Sinqa (Quechua for nose)[1] is one of eleven districts of the province Huamalíes in Peru.[2]
Singa
Sinqa | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Huánuco |
| Province | Huamalíes |
| Capital | Singa |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pedro Celestino Collazos Villavicencio |
| Area | |
| • Total | 151.7 km2 (58.6 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,615 m (11,860 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 4,395 |
| • Density | 29/km2 (75/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 100510 |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.39%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.97% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]
References
- Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 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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| Ambo | |
| Dos de Mayo | |
| Huacaybamba | |
| Huamalíes | |
| Huánuco | |
| Lauricocha | |
| Leoncio Prado | |
| Marañón | |
| Pachitea | |
| Puerto Inca | |
| Yarowilca | |
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