Ahuaycha District
Ahuaycha District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru.[1]
Ahuaycha
Awaycha | |
|---|---|
 Landscape of Ahuaycha | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Huancavelica |
| Province | Tayacaja |
| Founded | December 14, 1954 |
| Capital | Ahuaycha |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Raul Huaman Vasquez |
| Area | |
| • Total | 90.96 km2 (35.12 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,280 m (10,760 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 5,939 |
| • Density | 65/km2 (170/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 090704 |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.30%) learnt to speak in childhood, 45.43% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
References
- (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 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)
| |
|---|---|
| Acobamba | |
| Angaraes | |
| Castrovirreyna | |
| Churcampa | |
| Huancavelica | |
| Huaytará | |
| Tayacaja | |
.svg.png.webp){kind=small}
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.