Iguain District

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Iguain
District
Iguain District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Huanta
FoundedDecember 27, 1926
Capital Macachacra
Government
 •  Mayor Fidel Canales Huayllasco
Area
 • Total
74.85 km2 (28.90 sq mi)
Elevation
3,025 m (9,925 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
3,034
 • Density41/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050404

Iguain District is one of eight districts of the province Huanta in Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (81.05%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.67% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

See also

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)

12°59′33″S74°12′43″W / 12.9925°S 74.2120°W / -12.9925; -74.2120


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