Vinchos District

Vinchos
Winchu
District
Interactive map of Vinchos
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceHuamanga
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
CapitalVinchos
Government
 • MayorPaulino Ore Flores
Area
 • Total
955.13 km2 (368.78 sq mi)
Elevation
3,150 m (10,330 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
16,312
 • Density17.078/km2 (44.233/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050114

Vinchos District is one of fifteen districts of the province of Huamanga 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 (97.08%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.71% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

Geography

One of the highest mountains of the district is Yanapatira at approximately 5,000 m (16,000 ft) on the western border. Other mountains are listed below:

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)
  3. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region

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