Upahuacho District

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Upahuacho
Upa Wachu
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Parinacochas
FoundedApril 10, 1961
Capital Upahuacho
Government
 •  Mayor Edwin Francisco Puga Jurado
Area
 • Total587.35 km2 (226.78 sq mi)
Elevation
3,319 m (10,889 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total2,134
 • Density3.6/km2 (9.4/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050708

Upahuacho District is one of eight districts of the Parinacochas Province 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 (90.78%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.87% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-01-02 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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