Huaccana District

Huaccana District is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros in Peru.[1]

Huaccana
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceChincheros
FoundedJune 12, 1985
CapitalHuaccana
Government
  MayorDemetrio Najardemetrio Najarro Salazar
Area
  Total472.12 km2 (182.29 sq mi)
Elevation
3,075 m (10,089 ft)
Population
  Total8,966
  Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030604

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%) learnt 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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