Huachis District

Huachis District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province in the Ancash Region in Peru.[1]

Huachis
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceHuari
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
CapitalHuachis
Government
  MayorEpifanio Rios Ocaña
Area
  Total153.89 km2 (59.42 sq mi)
Elevation
3,268 m (10,722 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total3,920
  Density25/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021007

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (93.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.06% 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 2008-04-23 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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