Ocoruro District
| Ocoruro Uqururu | |
|---|---|
| District | |
| Country |
 Peru |
| Region | Cusco |
| Province | Espinar |
| Founded | January 2, 1857 |
| Capital | Ocoruro |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Adolfo Alfredo Huarza Minauro |
| Area | |
| • Total | 353.15 km2 (136.35 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 4,093 m (13,428 ft) |
| Population (2005 census) | |
| • Total | 1,588 |
| • Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PET (UTC-5) |
| UBIGEO | 080804 |
Ocoruro (hispanicized spelling) or Uqururu (Aymara and Quechua for Mimulus glabratus)[1][2] is one of eight districts of the Espinar Province in Peru.[3]
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.95%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.73% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[4]
References
- ↑ Guillermo Cutipa Añamuro, Chacra qarpaña: Regando la chacra, IECTA, Iquique - Chile 2005, p. 26
- ↑ Christine Franquemont, Timothy Plowman, Edward Franquemont, Steven R. King, Christine Niezgoda, Wade Davis, Calvin R. Sperling (1990), The Ethnobotany of Chinchero, an Andean Community in Southern Peru. Fieldiana Botany, New Series No. 24, 1-126.
- ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
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