Incahuasi District

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Incahuasi

Inkawasi
District
Iglesia de Inachuasi durante la procesion de la festividad del Nino Dios de Reyes 2011.jpg
Church of Incahuasi during a procession
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Lambayeque
Province Ferreñafe
FoundedFebruary 17, 1951
Capital Incahuasi
Government
 •  Mayor William Hidalgo Manayay Manayay
(2019-2022)
Area
 • Total443.91 km2 (171.39 sq mi)
Elevation
3,078 m (10,098 ft)
Population
(2017)
 • Total13,858
 • Density31/km2 (81/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 140203

Incahuasi District or Inkawasi [1] (Quechua Inka Inca, wasi house, "Inca house") [2] [3] is one of six districts of the Ferreñafe Province in the Department of Lambayeque in Peru. [4]

Inca Empire empire in pre-Columbian America

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Ferreñafe Province Province in Lambayeque, Peru

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua (Inkawasi-Kañaris Quechua) is the language which the majority of the population (85.72%) learnt to speak in childhood, 14.08% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [5]

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Quechua people ethnic group

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References

  1. ↑ muniferrenafe.gob.pe
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  5. ↑ 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: 6°14′09″S79°19′00″W / 6.2357°S 79.3168°W / -6.2357; -79.3168

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