Huancarani District

Huancarani District is one of six districts of the province Paucartambo in Peru.[1]

This article is about the district in Peru. For other uses, see Wankarani.
Huancarani

Wankarani
District
Country Peru
RegionCusco
ProvincePaucartambo
FoundedMay 11, 1987
CapitalHuancarani
Government
 • MayorJosé Patricio Mendoza Ccahuana
Area
 • Total145.14 km2 (56.04 sq mi)
Elevation
3,850 m (12,630 ft)
Population
 • Total6,060
 • Density42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO081105

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.86%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.91% 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 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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