Cocharcas District

Cocharcas District is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros in Peru.[1]

Cocharcas
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Chincheros
Capital	Cocharcas
Government
• Mayor	Silverio Florentino Valer Pizarro
Area
• Total	109.9 km^2 (42.4 sq mi)
Elevation	3,030 m (9,940 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,219
• Density	20/km^2 (52/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030603

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.25%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.13% 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 Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 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)