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Choras
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Yarowilca
Founded	February 2, 2001
Capital	Choras, Peru
Government
• Mayor	Oriol Armando Hermosilla Esteban
Area
• Total	61.14 km (23.61 sq mi)
Elevation	3,532 m (11,588 ft)
Population
• Total	4,207
• Density	69/km (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	101108

Choras District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. The Quechua languages are the languages which the majority of the population (64.40%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.45% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

• Laksha Warina

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. 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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