Yunga District is one of eleven districts of the province General Sánchez Cerro in Peru.[1]
Yunga
Yunka | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Moquegua |
| Province | General Sánchez Cerro |
| Founded | March 19, 1965 |
| Capital | Yunga |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Leonardo Chivigorri Chivigorri |
| Area | |
| • Total | 110.74 km2 (42.76 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,571 m (11,716 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,352 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (32/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 180211 |
Ethnic groups edit
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (73.38%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.98% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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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