Salcahuasi District

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Salcahuasi
District
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
 (2005 census)
 • Total
3,811
 • Density32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090715

Salcahuasi District is one of the 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)

12°06′14″S74°45′06″W / 12.1038°S 74.7516°W / -12.1038; -74.7516


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