Punchao or Punchaw (Quechua for "day") is one of eleven districts of the province Huamalíes in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (67.09%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.22% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
- ^ (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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| Ambo | |
| Dos de Mayo | |
| Huacaybamba | |
| Huamalíes | |
| Huánuco | |
| Lauricocha | |
| Leoncio Prado | |
| Marañón | |
| Pachitea | |
| Puerto Inca | |
| Yarowilca | |
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