Huacachi District

Huacachi District is one of sixteen districts of the province Huari Province in the Ancash Region of Peru.[1]

Huacachi
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceHuari
FoundedOctober 14, 1901
CapitalHuacachi
Government
  MayorFiloter Americo Montalvo Espinoza
Area
  Total86.7 km2 (33.5 sq mi)
Elevation
3,509 m (11,512 ft)
Population
  Total2,170
  Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021005

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (77.42%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

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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