Cangallo District

Cangallo
District
Interactive map of Cangallo
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceCangallo
CapitalCangallo
Government
 • MayorPercy Colos Ayala
Area
 • Total
188.58 km2 (72.81 sq mi)
Elevation
2,577 m (8,455 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
7,045
 • Density37.36/km2 (96.76/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050201
A park in the area

Cangallo District is one of six districts of the province Cangallo in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (75.10%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.48% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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)

13°37′45″S 74°08′40″W / 13.6293°S 74.1444°W / -13.6293; -74.1444