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Churubamba District

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District in Huánuco, Peru
Churubamba
District
A map with the outline of several areas. There are white coloured districts stretching from the bottom left to the upper right of the image. In the middle is a red one stretching from the upper left to the lower right. It looks like a rotated 7.Area of the district Churumbamba
Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvinceHuánuco
FoundedOctober 4, 1921
CapitalChurubamba
Area
 • Total552.27 km (213.23 sq mi)
Elevation2,000 m (7,000 ft)
Population
 • Total18,542
 • Density34/km (87/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO100104

Churubamba District is one of twelve districts of the province Huánuco in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (71.16%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.48% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

References

  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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