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Chaviña District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
August 22, 1921

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,310 m

Province
  
Lucanas Province

Region
  
Ayacucho

Capital
  
Chaviña

UBIGEO
  
050605

Area
  
399.1 km²

Chaviña District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas 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 (60.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.01% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Chaviña District Wikipedia