Ayahuanco District

Ayahuanco District is one of eight districts of the province Huanta in Peru.[1]

Ayahuanco
District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceHuanta
FoundedJune 20, 1955
CapitalViracochan
Government
 • MayorPablo Maldonado Quispe
Area
 • Total871.49 km2 (336.48 sq mi)
Elevation
3,414 m (11,201 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total5,261
 • Density6.0/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050402

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (95.94%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.75% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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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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