Huachocolpa District, Huancavelica

Huachocolpa Wachu Qullpa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Huancavelica
Founded	October 29, 1953
Capital	Huachocolpa
Government
•  Mayor	Celso Condori Ramos (2007-2010)
Area
• Total	336.28 km2 (129.84 sq mi)
Elevation	3,956 m (12,979 ft)
Population  ( (2005))
• Total	3,255
• Density	9.7/km2 (25/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090106

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

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below: ^[2]

• Anqas
• Atuq Marka
• Chapi Urqu
• Chawpi Urqu
• Ch'aqra Punta
• Hatun Chupa Urqu
• Inqhana
• K'allapayuq
• Llipllina
• Pata Wasi
• Puka Punta
• Rayusqa
• Uña Paka
• Wamanripa
• Wayra Q'asa
• Yana Chuku
• Yana Mach'ay
• Yana Urqu (near Chapi Urqu)
• Yana Urqu
• Yawarqucha
• Yuraq Mach'ay

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.92%) learnt to speak in childhood, 44.83% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

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. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Huancavelica Province 2 (Huancavelica Region)
3. 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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