Ranracancha District
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Ranracancha
Ranra Kancha | |
|---|---|
| Country | File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru |
| Region | Apurímac |
| Province | Chincheros |
| Founded | October 29, 1993 |
| Capital | Ranracancha |
| Area | |
• Total | 44.52 km2 (17.19 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,400 m (11,200 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 5,588 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 030608 |
Ranracancha (hispanicized spelling of Quechua Ranra Kancha, ranra, stony; stony ground, kancha corral,"stony corral")[1] is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros in Peru.[2]
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).[3]
References
- ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
- ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 2008.
- ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 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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