Cochabamba District, Huacaybamba

For other uses, see Cochabamba (disambiguation).
Cochabamba
Quchapampa
District
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Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvinceHuacaybamba
FoundedNovember 14, 1985
CapitalCochabamba
Government
 • MayorJaimes Cerna Hurtado
Area
 • Total
686.95 km2 (265.23 sq mi)
Elevation
3,275 m (10,745 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,339
 • Density3.4/km2 (8.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO100403

Cochabamba District (Quechua: Quchapampa, qucha means "lake" and pampa means "plain") is one of four districts of the province Huacaybamba 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 (50.29%) learned to speak in childhood, 49.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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. ^ 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)


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