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Salcahuasi
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Tayacaja
Founded	June 18, 1987
Capital	Salcahuasi
Government
• Mayor	Mauro Ruben Inocente Morales
Area
• Total	117.98 km (45.55 sq mi)
Elevation	3,150 m (10,330 ft)
Population
• Total	3,811
• Density	32/km (84/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090715

Salcahuasi 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 (89.78%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.69% 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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