Huachis District

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Huachis
District
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
 (2005 census)
 • 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)

9°24′10″S77°07′36″W / 9.40278°S 77.12667°W / -9.40278; -77.12667


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