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Cochabamba District, Huacaybamba

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Huacaybamba

Capital
  
Cochabamba

Elevation
  
3,275 m

Region
  
Huánuco

Founded
  
November 14, 1985

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
687 km²

Cochabamba District (Quechua: Quchapampa, qucha means "lake" and pampa means "plain") is one of four districts of the province Huacaybamba 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 (50.29%) learned to speak in childhood, 49.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Cochabamba District, Huacaybamba Wikipedia