Anchonga District is one of twelve districts of the province Angaraes in Peru.[1]
Anchonga | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Huancavelica |
| Province | Angaraes |
| Founded | January 5, 1945 |
| Capital | Anchonga |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Octavio Javier Quispe |
| Area | |
| • Total | 72.4 km2 (28.0 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,298 m (10,820 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 7,282 |
| • Density | 100/km2 (260/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 090302 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.71%) learnt to speak in childhood, 7.16% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)
12°54′47″S 74°41′29″W / 12.9131°S 74.6914°W
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