Huaquirca District

Huaquirca District is one of the seven districts of the Antabamba Province in the [Apurímac Region] in Peru.[1]

Huaquirca
Colonial church of Huaquirca
Colonial church of Huaquirca
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAntabamba
FoundedJanuary 17, 1945
CapitalHuaquirca
Government
  MayorErasmo Manuelo Quispe
Area
  Total337.6 km2 (130.3 sq mi)
Elevation
3,480 m (11,420 ft)
Population
  Total1,420
  Density4.2/km2 (11/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030303

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.92%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.93% 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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