Ranracancha District

Ranracancha
Ranra Kancha
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceChincheros
FoundedOctober 29, 1993
CapitalRanracancha
Area
 • Total
44.52 km2 (17.19 sq mi)
Elevation
3,400 m (11,200 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
5,588
 • Density130/km2 (330/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030608

Ranracancha (hispanicized spelling of Quechua Ranra Kancha, ranra, stony; stony ground, kancha corral,"stony corral")[1] is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros in Peru.[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (90.90%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.87% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

References

  1. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  2. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
  3. ^ 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°32′01″S 73°36′19″W / 13.53361°S 73.60528°W / -13.53361; -73.60528


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