Chilcayoc Ch'illkayuq | |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | frameless |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Ayacucho |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Sucre |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts Style: | para |
P1: | 9 populated places |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | March 20, 1928 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Chilcayoc |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 33.06 |
Elevation M: | 3373 |
Population Total: | 677 |
Population As Of: | 2005 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | PET |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 050904 |
Chilcayoc (in Hispanicized spelling) or Ch'illkayuq (Quechua ch'illka baccharis,[1] -yuq a suffix to indicate possession, "the one that has got baccharis" or "the one with baccharis") is the smallest of 11 districts of the Sucre Province in the Ayacucho region in Peru.
The population of Chilcayoc is 677 people, 324 men and 353 women.[2]
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.71%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.13% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]
The populated places in the district are:[2]