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Huachocolpa District, Tayacaja

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District in Huancavelica, Peru
Huachocolpa Wachuqullpa
District
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceTayacaja
FoundedJanuary 31, 1951
CapitalHuachocolpa
Government
 • MayorLuis Alberto Hinostroza Huamani
Area
 • Total292 km (113 sq mi)
Elevation2,907 m (9,537 ft)
Population
 • Total3,761
 • Density13/km (33/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090707

Huachocolpa District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja 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 (93.61%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.20% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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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Churcampa
Huancavelica
Huaytará
Tayacaja

12°02′54″S 74°35′41″W / 12.0483°S 74.5946°W / -12.0483; -74.5946


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