Huando District

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Huando
Wantu
Huando District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Huancavelica
FoundedNovember 16, 1892
Capital Huando
Government
   Mayor Robert Geronimo Guerra Quinteros
Area
  Total
193.9 km2 (74.9 sq mi)
Elevation
3,562 m (11,686 ft)
Population
  Total
8,678
  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]

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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