Huaccana District

Huaccana
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Chincheros
Founded	June 12, 1985
Capital	Huaccana
Government
• Mayor	Demetrio Najardemetrio Najarro Salazar
Area
• Total	472.12 km^2 (182.29 sq mi)
Elevation	3,075 m (10,089 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	8,966
• Density	19/km^2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030604

Huaccana District is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros 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 (83.12%) learn to speak in childhood, 16.39% 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)

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