Congalla District

Congalla
District
Interactive map of Congalla
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceAngaraes
FoundedSeptember 3, 1941
CapitalCongalla
Government
 • MayorCesario León Ramos
Area
 • Total
215.64 km2 (83.26 sq mi)
Elevation
3,523 m (11,558 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
4,762
 • Density22.08/km2 (57.19/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090306

Congalla District is one of twelve districts of the province Angaraes 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 (94.08%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.38% 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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