Huaya District

Huaya
District
Country  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Víctor Fajardo
Capital San Pedro de Huaya
Government
  Mayor Edgar Ipurre Uscata
Area
  Total 162.23 km2 (62.64 sq mi)
Elevation 3,341 m (10,961 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 2,526
  Density 16/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 051010

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. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)


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