Santillana District

Santillana
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Huanta
Founded	December 21, 1918
Capital	San José de Secce
Government
•  Mayor	Renol Silbio Pichardo Ramos
Area
• Total	902.1 km2 (348.3 sq mi)
Elevation	3,262 m (10,702 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	7,305
• Density	8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	050406

Santillana District is one of eight districts of the Huanta Province in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Quri Willka at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below: ^[2]

• Anta Qaqa
• Chaka Urqu
• Chawpi Urqu
• Chikuruyuq Urqu
• Chuqi Wiska
• Ichhu Runtuna
• Ichik Puka Wayq'u
• Isku Urqu
• Kisu Rumi
• Lank'u Urqu
• Muyuq Urqu
• Puka Mach'ay
• Puka Q'asa
• Punta Urqu
• Purus Urqu
• Qarwa Qaqa
• Q'illu Q'asa
• Q'illu Waytayuq
• Raqraq Q'asa Punta
• Runtu Muqu
• Saqsa Willka
• Sinwa Q'asa
• Uchpa Q'asa
• Wachu Qaqa
• Wachu Qucha

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.75%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.98% 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 map Huanta Province (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)

12°45′56″S74°15′28″W / 12.7655°S 74.2579°W / -12.7655; -74.2579