Huanca-Huanca District
Appearance
Huanca-Huanca | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Huancavelica |
Province | Angaraes |
Founded | February 28, 1941 |
Capital | Huanca-Huanca |
Government | |
• Mayor | Ismael Rojas Cuya |
Area | |
• Total | 109.96 km2 (42.46 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,567 m (11,703 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,664 |
• Density | 15/km2 (39/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 090307 |
Huanca-Huanca District is one of twelve districts of the province Angaraes in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.07%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.79% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)