Ccochaccasa District

Ccochaccasa District is one of twelve districts of the province Angaraes in Peru.[1]

Ccochaccasa Quchaqasa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Angaraes
Founded	October 30, 1984
Capital	Ccochaccasa
Government
• Mayor	Alejandro Taipe Huaira
Area
• Total	116.6 km^2 (45.0 sq mi)
Elevation	4,150 m (13,620 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,532
• Density	30/km^2 (78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090304

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (56.22%) learnt to speak in childhood, 43.62% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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)