Huancapi District

Huancapi District is one of twelve districts of the province Víctor Fajardo in Peru.[1]

Huancapi
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceVíctor Fajardo
FoundedAugust 16, 1920
CapitalHuancapi
Government
  MayorOnofrio Huamani Garcia
Area
  Total223.35 km2 (86.24 sq mi)
Elevation
3,081 m (10,108 ft)
Population
  Total2,460
  Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO051001

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (69.47%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.40% 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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