Chacabamba District

Chacabamba
Chakapampa
District
Interactive map of Chacabamba
Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvinceYarowilca
FoundedSeptember 6, 1920
CapitalChacabamba
Government
 • MayorCarter Solorzano Mato
Area
 • Total
16.53 km2 (6.38 sq mi)
Elevation
3,200 m (10,500 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
1,837
 • Density111.1/km2 (287.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO101103
View from the Choras - Huánuco road part of the district of Chacabamba and the homonymous town.

Chacabamba District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca 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 (65.39%) learnt to speak in childhood, 34.40% 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)

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