Asquipata District

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

Asquipata

Askipata
District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceVíctor Fajardo
FoundedDecember 23, 1986
CapitalAsquipata
Government
 • MayorJuan Gualberto Huamani Sulca
Area
 • Total70.72 km2 (27.31 sq mi)
Elevation
3,350 m (10,990 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total435
 • Density6.2/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO051004

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.18%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.82% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

gollark: Yes. They show as neglected to punish your draconic crimes.
gollark: The 10sec siyats are a sort of sickly green.
gollark: <@193972838812745728> - they are known as NDs and are very rare.
gollark: ***the horror***
gollark: They might make dragons with ANNOYING MECHANICS?!??!??

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 January 27, 2013, 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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