Ahuaycha District

Ahuaycha District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru.[1]

Ahuaycha

Awaycha
District
Landscape of Ahuaycha
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceTayacaja
FoundedDecember 14, 1954
CapitalAhuaycha
Government
 • MayorRaul Huaman Vasquez
Area
 • Total90.96 km2 (35.12 sq mi)
Elevation
3,280 m (10,760 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total5,939
 • Density65/km2 (170/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090704

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.30%) learnt to speak in childhood, 45.43% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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See also

References
  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, 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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