Huancapi District

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Huancapi
District
Country  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Víctor Fajardo
Founded August 16, 1920
Capital Huancapi
Government
 • Mayor Onofrio Huamani Garcia
Area
 • Total 223.35 km2 (86.24 sq mi)
Elevation 3,081 m (10,108 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 2,460
 • Density 11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 051001

Huancapi District is one of twelve districts of the province Víctor Fajardo 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 (69.47%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.40% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)



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