Huamanguilla District

Huamanguilla
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceHuanta
CapitalHuamanguilla
Government
 • MayorJuan Rolando Pacheco Huamanrimachi
Area
 • Total
88.03 km2 (33.99 sq mi)
Elevation
3,276 m (10,748 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
4,812
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050403

Huamanguilla District is one of eight districts of the province Huanta 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 (86.27%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.39% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

Places of interest

The archaeological site of Marayniyuq lies in the southwest of the district.

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 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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