Chojata District is one of eleven

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of the General Sánchez Cerro Province in

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Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is

Hatun P'ukru Hatun P'ukru (Quechua ''hatun'' big, ''p'ukru'' hole, pit, gap in a surface, "big hole", Hispanicized spelling ''Jatun Pucro'') is a mountain in the Andes of southern Peru, about high. It is situated in the Moquegua Region, General Sánchez Cerr ...

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 (85.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.40% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (

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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

References

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