San José de Ticllas District

San José de Ticllas District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.[1]

San José de Ticllas

Tiklla(s)
District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceHuamanga
FoundedJune 20, 1955
CapitalTicllas
Government
 • MayorEdgar Sulca León
Area
 • Total64.34 km2 (24.84 sq mi)
Elevation
3,268 m (10,722 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total2,325
 • Density36/km2 (94/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050109

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (83.59%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.28% 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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