Chilcayoc District Explained

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.

Population

The population of Chilcayoc is 677 people, 324 men and 353 women.[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 (86.71%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.13% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

Administrative division

The populated places in the district are:[2]

References

-14.6939°N -74.1242°W

Notes and References

  1. Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005: ch'illka - s. Bot. (Bacharis molino. Bacharis polyantha kunth).
  2. http://desa.inei.gob.pe/ INEI
  3. http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe