Chaviña District Explained

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]

Ethnic groups

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]

See also

References

-14.6939°N -74.1242°W

Notes and References

  1. Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe