Huarochirí District

Huarochirí District (in Hispanicized spelling) or Waruchiri[1] is one of thirty-two districts of the province Huarochirí in Peru. Despite its name, it is not the provincial seat; the seat is at Matucana.[2]

Huarochirí
Waruchiri
Country Peru
RegionLima
ProvinceHuarochirí
CapitalHuarochirí
Government
  MayorEveling Geovanna Feliciano Ordoñez
(2019-2022)
Area
  Total249.09 km2 (96.17 sq mi)
Elevation
3,146 m (10,322 ft)
Population
 (2017)
  Total1,302
  Density5.2/km2 (14/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO150709

See also

References

  1. Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua: waruchiri - s. Valle situado en el distrito de matucana, al sur de Lima y al oriente del adoratorio de Pacha kamaq (JL).
  2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.


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