Huacachi District

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Huacachi
District
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Huacachi District
Huacachi District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Huari
FoundedOctober 14, 1901
Capital Huacachi
Government
 •  Mayor Filoter Americo Montalvo Espinoza
Area
 • Total
86.7 km2 (33.5 sq mi)
Elevation
3,509 m (11,512 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,170
 • Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 021005

Huacachi District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province in the Ancash Region of Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (77.42%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

See also

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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