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Huando District

Huando
Wantu
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Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceHuancavelica
FoundedNovember 16, 1892
CapitalHuando
Government
 • MayorRobert Geronimo Guerra Quinteros
Area
 • Total
193.9 km2 (74.9 sq mi)
Elevation
3,562 m (11,686 ft)
Population
 • Total
8,678
 • Density45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090119

Huando District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica 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 (53.49%) learnt to speak in childhood, 46.10% 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 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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