Lucanas District

Lucanas
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Lucanas
Capital	Lucanas
Government
•  Mayor	Anibal Poma Sarmiento
Area
• Total	1,205.78 km2 (465.55 sq mi)
Elevation	3,375 m (11,073 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,189
• Density	2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	050611

Lucanas District is one of twenty-one districts of the Lucanas Province in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

One of the highest mountains of the district is Usqunta at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft) with an archaeological site of that name. Other mountains are listed below: ^[2]

• Allwisqa
• Anta Urqu
• Chakasqa
• Chawpi Pata
• Chuqi Phaqcha
• Ch'illwa
• Kunkachayuq
• Kunturillu
• Llama Wasi
• Misapata
• Misk'i Pukyu
• Puka Salla
• Punta Urqu
• Phiruru
• Phiruruyuq
• P'iti Qalla
• Qillwa Q'asa
• Qiñwa Q'asa
• Q'illu
• Saywa
• Suyt'u Urqu
• Waman Rasu
• Wamaniyuq
• Waqramarka
• Yana Allpa

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (57.23%) learnt to speak in childhood, 42.23% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

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. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Lucanas Province 2, Ayacucho Region
3. 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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