Cuenca District, Huancavelica

Cuenca District
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceHuancavelica
FoundedAugust 17, 1920
CapitalCuenca
Government
 • MayorHugo Barra Huarocc
Area
 • Total
50.25 km2 (19.40 sq mi)
Elevation
3,167 m (10,390 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,669
 • Density53/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090105

Cuenca District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica 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 (64.01%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.65% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ^ 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)

12°25′51″S 75°02′11″W / 12.43083°S 75.03639°W / -12.43083; -75.03639


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