San José de Ticllas District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.[1]
San José de Ticllas
Tiklla(s) | |
|---|---|
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | Huamanga |
| Founded | June 20, 1955 |
| Capital | Ticllas |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Edgar Sulca León |
| Area | |
| • Total | 64.34 km2 (24.84 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,268 m (10,722 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 2,325 |
| • Density | 36/km2 (94/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 050109 |
Ethnic groups
editThe 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
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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