Cullhuas District
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Cullhuas | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Junín |
| Province | Huancayo |
| Founded | April 23, 1954 |
| Capital | Cullhuas |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jeremias Heraclio Olivera Aliaga |
| Area | |
| • Total | 108.01 km2 (41.70 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,663 m (12,018 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,940 |
| • Density | 27/km2 (70/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 120113 |
Cullhuas District is one of twenty-eight districts of the province Huancayo in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (63.39%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.53% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
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