San Pedro de Chana District

San Pedro de Chana District is one of sixteen districts of the province Huari in Peru.[1]

For other places with the same name, see San Pedro District.
San Pedro de Chana
District
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceHuari
FoundedJune 10, 1955
CapitalChana
Government
 • MayorJuvenil Pompeyo Villajuan Collazos
Area
 • Total138.65 km2 (53.53 sq mi)
Elevation
3,413 m (11,198 ft)
Population
 • Total2,650
 • Density19/km2 (50/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021015

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.13%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.75% 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 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. 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)


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