Upahuacho District

Upahuacho
Upa Wachu
District
Interactive map of Upahuacho
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceParinacochas
FoundedApril 10, 1961
CapitalUpahuacho
Government
 • MayorEdwin Francisco Puga Jurado
Area
 • Total
587.35 km2 (226.78 sq mi)
Elevation
3,319 m (10,889 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,134
 • Density3.633/km2 (9.410/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050708

Upahuacho District is one of eight districts of the Parinacochas Province 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 (90.78%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.87% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-01-02 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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