Ocobamba District, La Convención

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Ocobamba
District
Country  Peru
Region Cusco
Province La Convención
Founded January 2, 1857
Capital Ocobamba
Government
 • Mayor Gladys Montalvo Paucar
Area
 • Total 840.93 km2 (324.68 sq mi)
Elevation 1,550 m (5,090 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 5,936
 • Density 7.1/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 080905

Ocobamba District is one of ten districts of the province La Convención in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (69.30%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.16% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)


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