Cullhuas District

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Cullhuas
District
Country  Peru
Region Junín
Province Huancayo
Founded April 23, 1954
Capital Cullhuas
Government
 • Mayor Jeremias Heraclio Olivera Aliaga
Area
 • Total 108.01 km2 (41.70 sq mi)
Elevation 3,663 m (12,018 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 2,940
 • Density 27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 120113

Cullhuas District is one of twenty-eight districts of the province Huancayo 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 (63.39%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.53% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

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



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