Chungui
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceLa Mar
CapitalChungui
Government
  MayorElvin Ccaicuri Santi[1]
Area
  Total1,060.52 km2 (409.47 sq mi)
Elevation
3,499 m (11,480 ft)
Population
  Total7,209
  Density6.8/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050505

Chungui District is one of eight districts of the province La Mar in Peru.[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 (96.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.73% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

References

  1. http://www.munichungui.gob.pe/municipalidad/alcalde.html
  2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  3. 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)

13°13′17″S 73°37′16″W / 13.2213°S 73.6210°W / -13.2213; -73.6210


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