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Ocobamba District
District
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	La Convención
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Ocobamba
Government
• Mayor	Gladys Montalvo Paucar
Area
• Total	840.93 km (324.68 sq mi)
Elevation	1,550 m (5,090 ft)
Population
• Total	5,936
• Density	7.1/km (18/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	080905

Ocobamba District is one of ten districts of the province La Convención in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (69.30%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.16% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

• Llawlliyuq
• Punkuyuq

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 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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