Huancarani District

This article is about the district in Peru. For other uses, see Wankarani.

Huancarani Wankarani
District
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Paucartambo
Founded	May 11, 1987
Capital	Huancarani
Government
•  Mayor	José Patricio Mendoza Ccahuana
Area
• Total	145.14 km2 (56.04 sq mi)
Elevation	3,850 m (12,630 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	6,060
• Density	42/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	081105

Huancarani District is one of six districts of the province Paucartambo 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 (94.86%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.91% 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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