Huayllati District

Huayllati
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Coordinates: 13°55′40″S 72°29′02″W / 13.92778°S 72.48389°W / -13.92778; -72.48389
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceGrau
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
CapitalHuayllati
Government
 • MayorAlfredo Palomino Gomez
Area
 • Total
110.75 km2 (42.76 sq mi)
Elevation
3,481 m (11,421 ft)
Population
 • Total
1,915
 • Density17/km2 (45/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030704

Huayllati District is one of the fourteen districts of the province Grau 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 (90.74%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.73% 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 Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 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)