Upahuacho District
District in Ayacucho, Peru
Upahuacho Upa Wachu | |
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District | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | Parinacochas |
| Founded | April 10, 1961 |
| Capital | Upahuacho |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Edwin 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 |
| • Density | 3.6/km2 (9.4/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 050708 |
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
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-01-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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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