Chaccho District

Chaccho
District
Interactive map of Chaccho
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceAntonio Raymondi
FoundedOctober 26, 1964
CapitalChaccho
Area
 • Total
73.99 km2 (28.57 sq mi)
Elevation
3,329 m (10,922 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,137
 • Density28.88/km2 (74.80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
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Man sitting at a bench in a plaza
Chaccho is located in the high Andes of Perú, in the province of Antonio Raymundi.

Chaccho District is one of six districts of the Antonio Raymondi Province 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 (73.57%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.88% 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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