Laria District

Laria
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Huancavelica
Founded	June 23, 1962
Capital	Laria
Government
•  Mayor	Urbano Cuicapuza Huamancaja
Area
• Total	78.45 km2 (30.29 sq mi)
Elevation	3,861 m (12,667 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,391
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090109

Laria 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 (64.37%) learnt to speak in childhood, 34.82% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

See also

• Pirwayuq

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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