San José de Ticllas District

San José de Ticllas Tiklla(s)
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Huamanga
Founded	June 20, 1955
Capital	Ticllas
Government
• Mayor	Edgar Sulca León
Area
• Total	64.34 km^2 (24.84 sq mi)
Elevation	3,268 m (10,722 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,325
• Density	36/km^2 (94/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	050109

San José de Ticllas District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga 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 (83.59%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.28% 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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