Quishuar District

This article is about the district in the Huancavelica Region, Peru. For other uses, see Kiswar (disambiguation).

Quishuar Kiswar
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Tayacaja
Founded	March 6, 1957
Capital	Quishuar
Government
•  Mayor	José Rodolfo Acevedo Segura
Area
• Total	31.54 km2 (12.18 sq mi)
Elevation	3,130 m (10,270 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,023
• Density	32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090713

Quishuar District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru. ^[1]

Its Quechua name kiswar is the name of the tree Buddleja incana .

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.40%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.60% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

History

The Quishuar district was created on March 6, 1957, by law No.12816, during the government of President Manuel Prado Ugarteche. ^[3]

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
3. https://www.leyes.congreso.gob.pe/Documentos/Leyes/12816.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

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