Huancarama District

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Huancarama
District
Huancarama District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Andahuaylas
Capital Huancarama
Government
 •  Mayor Carlos Cavero Contreras
Area
 • Total
153.04 km2 (59.09 sq mi)
Elevation
2,965 m (9,728 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
7,792
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030204

Huancarama District is one of the nineteen districts of the province Andahuaylas 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 (80.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.47% 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 Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 4, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población

13°39′16″S73°05′08″W / 13.65444°S 73.08556°W / -13.65444; -73.08556


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