Independencia District, Vilcas Huamán

Independencia District
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Vilcas Huamán
Founded	March 12, 1986
Capital	Paccha Huallhua
Area
• Total	85.28 km^2 (32.93 sq mi)
Elevation	2,950 m (9,680 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,118
• Density	25/km^2 (64/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	051106

Independencia District is one of eight districts of the province Vilcas Huamán 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 (93.44%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.27% 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)

13.9079°S 73.8631°W / -13.9079; -73.8631