Ranracancha District

Ranracancha (hispanicized spelling of Quechua Ranra Kancha, ranra, stony; stony ground, kancha corral,"stony corral")[1] is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros in Peru.[2]

Ranracancha Ranra Kancha
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Chincheros
Founded	October 29, 1993
Capital	Ranracancha
Area
• Total	44.52 km^2 (17.19 sq mi)
Elevation	3,400 m (11,200 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	5,588
• Density	130/km^2 (330/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030608

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (90.90%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.87% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

References

1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
3. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)