San Juan de Chacña District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes in Peru.[1]
San Juan de Chacña | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Apurímac |
| Province | Aymaraes |
| Founded | April 17, 1964 |
| Capital | San Juan de Chacña |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jaime Antonio Torbisco Martinez |
| Area | |
| • Total | 86.13 km2 (33.25 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,854 m (9,364 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,269 |
| • Density | 15/km2 (38/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 030411 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (88.15%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.61% 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 Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 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)
13°55′26″S 73°10′54″W / 13.92389°S 73.18167°W
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