Huacachi District
Appearance
Huacachi | |
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![]() Huacachi District | |
Country | ![]() |
Region | Ancash |
Province | Huari |
Founded | October 14, 1901 |
Capital | Huacachi |
Government | |
• Mayor | Filoter Americo Montalvo Espinoza |
Area | |
• Total | 86.7 km2 (33.5 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,509 m (11,512 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 2,170 |
• Density | 25/km2 (65/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 021005 |
Huacachi District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province in the Ancash Region of 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 (77.42%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
[edit]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)
9°16′S 76°54′W / 9.267°S 76.900°W