Huachis District

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Huachis
Huachis District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Huari
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
Capital Huachis
Government
   Mayor Epifanio Rios Ocaña
Area
  Total
153.89 km2 (59.42 sq mi)
Elevation
3,268 m (10,722 ft)
Population
  Total
3,920
  Density25/km2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 021007

Huachis District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province in the Ancash Region 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 (93.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.06% 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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