Tinta District

Tinta District is one of eight districts of the Canchis Province in Peru.[1]

Tinta
District
Church in Tinta
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Canchis
Capital	Tinta
Government
• Mayor	Angel Gabino Manya Zavaleta
Area
• Total	79.39 km^2 (30.65 sq mi)
Elevation	3,466 m (11,371 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	6,152
• Density	77/km^2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	080608

Geography

The most important river of the district is the Willkanuta which crosses the district from south-east to north-west.[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (75.37%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.33% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

• Kimsachata

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. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region)
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)