Huachocolpa District, Tayacaja

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Huachocolpa
Wachuqullpa
Huachocolpa District, Tayacaja
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Tayacaja
FoundedJanuary 31, 1951
Capital Huachocolpa
Government
   Mayor Luis Alberto Hinostroza Huamani
Area
  Total
292 km2 (113 sq mi)
Elevation
2,907 m (9,537 ft)
Population
  Total
3,761
  Density13/km2 (33/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090707

Huachocolpa District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja 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 (93.61%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.20% 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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