Upahuacho District

Upahuacho
Upa Wachu
District
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Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceParinacochas
FoundedApril 10, 1961
CapitalUpahuacho
Government
 • MayorEdwin Francisco Puga Jurado
Area
 • Total
587.35 km2 (226.78 sq mi)
Elevation
3,319 m (10,889 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,134
 • Density3.6/km2 (9.4/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050708

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]

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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