Santa Ana de Huaycahuacho District

Santa Ana de Huaycahuacho District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas in Peru.[1]

Santa Ana de Huaycahuacho
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceLucanas
FoundedMay 21, 1962
CapitalSanta Ana de Huaycahuacho
Government
  MayorMaximiliana Sotelo Luque
Area
  Total50.63 km2 (19.55 sq mi)
Elevation
2,967 m (9,734 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total739
  Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050620

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (76.82%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.04% 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)

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