Huando District

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Huando
Wantu
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Huancavelica
FoundedNovember 16, 1892
Capital Huando
Government
 •  Mayor Robert Geronimo Guerra Quinteros
Area
 • Total193.9 km2 (74.9 sq mi)
Elevation
3,562 m (11,686 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total8,678
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090119

Huando District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica 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 (53.49%) learnt to speak in childhood, 46.10% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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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)

Coordinates: 12°33′52″S74°56′50″W / 12.5644°S 74.9473°W / -12.5644; -74.9473

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