Huacaybamba District

Huacaybamba District is one of four districts of the province Huacaybamba in Peru.[1] The district was created in 1857 during the presidency of Ramón Castilla.[2]

Huacaybamba
District
Location of Huacaybamba in the Huacaybamba province
Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvinceHuacaybamba
CapitalHuacaybamba
Area
 • Total586.21 km2 (226.34 sq mi)
Elevation
3,168 m (10,394 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total6,048
 • Density10/km2 (27/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO100401

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (65.93%) learnt to speak in childhood, 33.42% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

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References
  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. "Distrito de Huacaybamba, provincia de Huacaybamba, región Huánuco". Portal iPerú (in Spanish). 2016-11-21. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
  3. 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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