Quinua District

Quinua
Kinwa
District
Country  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Huamanga
Capital Quinua
Government
 • Mayor Otilia Martha Chavez Gutierrez
Area
 • Total 145.63 km2 (56.23 sq mi)
Elevation 3,396 m (11,142 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 5,881
 • Density 40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 050108

Quinua District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga 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 (87.00%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.76% 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)

Coordinates: 13°02′56″S 74°08′22″W / 13.0490°S 74.1394°W / -13.0490; -74.1394

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