Huacchis District

Huacchis
District
Huacchis District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Huari
Founded	December 14, 1954
Capital	Huacchis
Government
•  Mayor	Serafin Perez Remigio
Area
• Total	72.16 km2 (27.86 sq mi)
Elevation	3,491 m (11,453 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,151
• Density	30/km2 (77/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021006

Huacchis District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province 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 (76.82%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.76 % 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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