Cangallo District

Cangallo
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceCangallo
CapitalCangallo
Government
 • MayorPercy Colos Ayala
Area
 • Total188.58 km2 (72.81 sq mi)
Elevation
2,577 m (8,455 ft)
Population
 • Total7,045
 • Density37/km2 (97/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050201

Cangallo District is one of six districts of the province Cangallo 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 (75.10%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.48% 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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