Cuenca District, Huancavelica

Cuenca District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica in Peru.[1]

Cuenca District
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceHuancavelica
FoundedAugust 17, 1920
CapitalCuenca
Government
  MayorHugo Barra Huarocc
Area
  Total50.25 km2 (19.40 sq mi)
Elevation
3,167 m (10,390 ft)
Population
  Total2,669
  Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090105

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (64.01%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.65% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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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