Huancané District

Huancané District (Aymara Wankani) is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru.[1]

Huancané

Wankani
District
Huancané
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceHuancané
CapitalHuancané
Government
 • MayorAlex Gomez Pacoricona
Area
 • Total381.62 km2 (147.34 sq mi)
Elevation
3,841 m (12,602 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total23,474
 • Density62/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO210601

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (68.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.65% 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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