Cuenca District, Huancavelica

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Cuenca District
District
Cuenca District, Huancavelica
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Huancavelica
FoundedAugust 17, 1920
Capital Cuenca
Government
 •  Mayor Hugo Barra Huarocc
Area
 • Total
50.25 km2 (19.40 sq mi)
Elevation
3,167 m (10,390 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,669
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090105

Cuenca District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica in Peru. [1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (64.01%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.65% 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 April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

12°25′51″S75°02′11″W / 12.43083°S 75.03639°W / -12.43083; -75.03639


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