Ocobamba District, Chincheros

Ocobamba
District
Ocobamba
Ocobamba
Map
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceChincheros
CapitalOcobamba
Government
 • MayorJulio Cesar Ayvar Buendia
Area
 • Total
58.2 km2 (22.5 sq mi)
Elevation
3,006 m (9,862 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
8,253
 • Density140/km2 (370/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
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Ocobamba District is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros 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 (80.99%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.56% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  2. ^ 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°28′59″S 73°33′40″W / 13.48306°S 73.56111°W / -13.48306; -73.56111


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