Chaviña District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas in Peru.[1]
Chaviña
Chawiña | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | Lucanas |
| Founded | August 22, 1921 |
| Capital | Chaviña |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ysrael Alcides Atoccza Torres |
| Area | |
• Total | 399.09 km2 (154.09 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,310 m (10,860 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,708 |
| • Density | 6.8/km2 (18/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 050605 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (60.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.01% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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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