Huayllo District

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Huayllo
Wayllu
Huayllo District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Aymaraes
FoundedMay 12, 1960
Capital Huayllo
Government
   Mayor Elio Garay Roldan
Area
  Total
72.89 km2 (28.14 sq mi)
Elevation
3,139 m (10,299 ft)
Population
  Total
721
  Density9.9/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030407

Huayllo District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes 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 (63.39%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.27% 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 7, 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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