Chamaca (
Quechua: Chamaqa;
Aymara: Ch'amaka, meaning, dark or darkness) is one of eight
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of the
Chumbivilcas Province
Chumbivilcas is a province in the Andes in South Peru. The Inca called it "Chumpiwillka". The seat of the province is Santo Tomás. Officially Chumbivilcas was founded on June 21, 1825.
Geography
Some of the most important rivers of the area ...
in
Peru.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Qala Qala at approximately . Other mountains are listed below:
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly
indigenous citizens of
Quechua descent.
Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (93.64%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.12% of the residents started speaking using the
Spanish language (
2007 Peru Census
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...
).
inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
See also
* T'ikapallana
T'ikapallana ( Quechua ''t'ika'' flower, ''pallay'' to collect, ''pallana'' an instrument to collect fruit / collectable, "a place where you collect flowers", Hispanicized spelling ''Ticapallana'') is a mountain in the Andes of Peru. Its summit ...
References
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