Santo Tomás District is one of eight
districts
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of the province
Chumbivilcas in
Peru.
Geography
The
Wansu mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest peaks of the district 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 (85.05%) learnt to speak in childhood, 14.63% 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
* Chukchu
* Qañawimayu
Qañawimayu (Quechua '' qañawi, qañiwa, qañawa'' a cereal from the family Chenopodiaceae, ''mayu'' river, "''qañawi'' river", hispanicized spelling ''Cañahuymayo'') which upstream is called Cayacti and downstream successively is named Jaraucat ...
* Sinqa Wayq'u
Sinqa Wayq'u ( Quechua ''sinqa'' nose, ''wayq'u'' brook or valley, "nose brook (or valley)", Hispanicized spelling ''Senjahuayjo'') which upstream successively is named Urqulla Wayq'u ''(Orjollahuayjo)'', Ancha Pallqa ''(Anchapallja)'', Wankarama ' ...
* Wamanmarka
References
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