Chumpi District
Chumpi District is one of eight districts of the Parinacochas Province in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest mountains of the district is Pisti at approximately 4,200 m (13,800 ft). Other mountains are listed below:
- Ancha Qhata
- Ayrampuyuq
- Chilla P'ukru
- Ch'akiqucha
- Kiswar
- Kiswarniyuq
- Kuntur Sirk'a
- Phuyusqa
- Qullqa
- Quri Pampa
- Q'illu Urqu
- Saqsa
- Sinqata
- Titankayuq
- Wamantirka
- Wisk'achani
- Yana Urqu
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (70.22%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.61% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Lucanas Province 3, Ayacucho Region
- ^ 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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| Huanca Sancos | |
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| Paucar del Sara Sara | |
| Sucre | |
| Víctor Fajardo | |
| Vilcas Huamán | |
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