Cochabamba
Quchapampa
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceHuaraz
FoundedSeptember 30, 1943
CapitalCochabamba
Government
  MayorVido Segundo Sanchez Sifuentes
Area
  Total135.65 km2 (52.37 sq mi)
Elevation
2,105 m (6,906 ft)
Population
  Total2,051
  Density15/km2 (39/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020102

Cochabamba District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaraz in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (77.83%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.06% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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