Huachis District

Huachis
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Huari
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Huachis
Government
• Mayor	Epifanio Rios Ocaña
Area
• Total	153.89 km^2 (59.42 sq mi)
Elevation	3,268 m (10,722 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,920
• Density	25/km^2 (66/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021007

Huachis District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province in the Ancash Region 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 (93.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.06% 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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