Chiara District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.[1]

Geography

One of the highest mountains of the district is Wisk'achayuq Urqu at approximately 4,200 m (13,800 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

  • Ankap Wachanan
  • Chawpi Urqu
  • Chuqi Waqra
  • Ch'akiqucha
  • Hatun Usnu
  • Kampanayuq Urqu
  • Pichqa Pukyu
  • Saywa Muqu
  • Wawsiyuq
  • Yana Phiruru

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language that the majority of the population (93.68%) learned to speak in childhood, through 6.10% of the residents also spoke the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

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. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region
  3. ^ 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)


13°52′05″S 73°40′03″W / 13.8681°S 73.6676°W / -13.8681; -73.6676

Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiara_District,_Huamanga
No tags for this post.