Independencia District is one of eight districts of the province Vilcas Huamán in Peru.[1]
Independencia District | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | Vilcas Huamán |
| Founded | March 12, 1986 |
| Capital | Paccha Huallhua |
| Area | |
• Total | 85.28 km2 (32.93 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,950 m (9,680 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,118 |
| • Density | 25/km2 (64/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 051106 |
Ethnic groups
editThe 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
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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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