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Singa Sinqa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Huamalíes
Capital	Singa
Government
• Mayor	Pedro Celestino Collazos Villavicencio
Area
• Total	151.7 km (58.6 sq mi)
Elevation	3,615 m (11,860 ft)
Population
• Total	4,395
• Density	29/km (75/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	100510

Singa or Sinqa (Quechua for nose) is one of eleven districts of the province Huamalíes 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 (80.39%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.97% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

• Awila Qhincha Mach'ay
• Millpu
• Puma Wayin
• Qaqa Mach'ay
• Qillqay Mach'ay
• Wat'a

References

1. Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
3. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 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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