San Juan de Chacña District

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San Juan de Chacña
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAymaraes
FoundedApril 17, 1964
Capital
Government
 • MayorJaime Antonio Torbisco Martinez
Area
 • Total86.13 km2 (33.25 sq mi)
Elevation
2,854 m (9,364 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,269
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030411

San Juan de Chacña District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups[]

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (88.15%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.61% 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 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 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)

Coordinates: 13°55′26″S 73°10′54″W / 13.92389°S 73.18167°W / -13.92389; -73.18167


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