Upahuacho District
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Upahuacho
Upa Wachu | |
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Country | ![]() |
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 | |
• 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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