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Challhuahuacho District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
November 18, 1994

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,698 m

Province
  
Cotabambas Province

Region
  
Apurímac

Capital
  
Challhuahuacho

UBIGEO
  
030506

Area
  
440 km²

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Challhuahuacho District is one of the six districts of the province Cotabambas in Peru-the town has 1500 inhabitants with another 6000 in the surrounding area of Challhuahuacho.

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.57%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.11% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Challhuahuacho District Wikipedia