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Chavinillo District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
September 14, 1906

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,471 m

Province
  
Yarowilca Province

Region
  
Huánuco

Capital
  
Chavinillo

UBIGEO
  
101101

Area
  
205.2 km²

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Chavinillo District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca 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 (60.07%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.57% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Chavinillo District Wikipedia