Huaya District

Huaya
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceVíctor Fajardo
CapitalSan Pedro de Huaya
Government
 • MayorEdgar Ipurre Uscata
Area
 • Total
162.23 km2 (62.64 sq mi)
Elevation
3,341 m (10,961 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,526
 • Density16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
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Huaya District is one of twelve districts of the province Víctor Fajardo 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 (90.38%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.35% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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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