Capital Ranracancha Elevation 3,400 m | Region Apurímac Founded October 29, 1993 Time zone PET (UTC-5) Area 44.52 km² | |
Ranracancha (hispanicized spelling of Quechua Ranra Kancha, ranra, stony; stony ground, kancha corral,"stony corral") is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros 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 (90.90%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.87% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
Ranracancha District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA