Chaviña | |
Native Name: | Chawiña |
Native Name Lang: | qu |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | frameless |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Ayacucho |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Lucanas |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts Style: | para |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | August 22, 1921 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Chaviña |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Ysrael Alcides Atoccza Torres |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 399.09 |
Elevation M: | 3310 |
Population Total: | 2708 |
Population As Of: | 2005 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | PET |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 050605 |
Chaviña District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas in Peru.[1]
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (60.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.01% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]