Ayahuanco District
Ayahuanco | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | Huanta |
| Founded | June 20, 1955 |
| Capital | Viracochan |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pablo Maldonado Quispe |
| Area | |
| • Total | 871.49 km2 (336.48 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,414 m (11,201 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,261 |
| • Density | 6.0/km2 (16/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 050402 |
Ayahuanco District is one of eight districts of the province Huanta 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 (95.94%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.75% 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 April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, 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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