Santa Ana de Huaycahuacho District
Santa Ana de Huaycahuacho | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Ayacucho |
Province | Lucanas |
Founded | May 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 | |
• Total | 739 |
• Density | 15/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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)