Cullhuas District

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Cullhuas
Country Peru
RegionJunín
ProvinceHuancayo
FoundedApril 23, 1954
CapitalCullhuas
Government
 • MayorJeremias Heraclio Olivera Aliaga
Area
 • Total108.01 km2 (41.70 sq mi)
Elevation
3,663 m (12,018 ft)
Population
 • Total2,940
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO120113

Cullhuas District is one of twenty-eight districts of the province Huancayo in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

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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

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  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ^ 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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