Yunga District

Yunga
Yunka
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionMoquegua
ProvinceGeneral Sánchez Cerro
FoundedMarch 19, 1965
CapitalYunga
Government
 • MayorLeonardo Chivigorri Chivigorri
Area
 • Total
110.74 km2 (42.76 sq mi)
Elevation
3,571 m (11,716 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
1,352
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO180211

Yunga District is one of eleven districts of the province General Sánchez Cerro 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 (73.38%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.98% 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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