San Cristóbal District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas in Peru.[1]
San Cristóbal | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | Lucanas |
| Founded | March 25, 1986 |
| Capital | San Cristóbal |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luis Paulino Rojas Alfaro |
| Area | |
• Total | 391.83 km2 (151.29 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,550 m (11,650 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,097 |
| • Density | 5.4/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 050615 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (90.58%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.19% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 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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