Salcahuasi District

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Salcahuasi
Salcahuasi District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Tayacaja
FoundedJune 18, 1987
Capital Salcahuasi
Government
   Mayor Mauro Ruben Inocente Morales
Area
  Total
117.98 km2 (45.55 sq mi)
Elevation
3,150 m (10,330 ft)
Population
  Total
3,811
  Density32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090715

Salcahuasi District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja 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 (89.78%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.69% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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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