Salcahuasi District

Salcahuasi District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru.[1]

Salcahuasi
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Tayacaja
Founded	June 18, 1987
Capital	Salcahuasi
Government
• Mayor	Mauro Ruben Inocente Morales
Area
• Total	117.98 km^2 (45.55 sq mi)
Elevation	3,150 m (10,330 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,811
• Density	32/km^2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090715

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (89.78%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.69% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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)