Santa Ana de Huaycahuacho District

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Santa Ana de Huaycahuacho
District
Santa Ana de Huaycahuacho District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Lucanas
FoundedMay 21, 1962
Capital Santa Ana de Huaycahuacho
Government
 •  Mayor Maximiliana Sotelo Luque
Area
 • Total
50.63 km2 (19.55 sq mi)
Elevation
2,967 m (9,734 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
739
 • Density15/km2 (38/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050620

Santa Ana de Huaycahuacho District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas 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 (76.82%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.04% 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)

14°41′38″S74°07′27″W / 14.69389°S 74.12417°W / -14.69389; -74.12417


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