Laria District

Laria
District
Interactive map of Laria
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceHuancavelica
FoundedJune 23, 1962
CapitalLaria
Government
 • MayorUrbano Cuicapuza Huamancaja
Area
 • Total
78.45 km2 (30.29 sq mi)
Elevation
3,861 m (12,667 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
1,391
 • Density17.73/km2 (45.92/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090109

Laria District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (64.37%) learnt to speak in childhood, 34.82% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 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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