Luricocha District
From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
| Luricocha Luriqucha |
|
|---|---|
| District | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | Huanta |
| Capital | Luricocha |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Americo Paulino Ludeña Tello |
| Area | |
| • Total | 130.04 km2 (50.21 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,580 m (8,460 ft) |
| Population (2005 census) | |
| • Total | 5,782 |
| • Density | 44/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | PET (UTC-5) |
| UBIGEO | 050405 |
Luricocha District is one of eight districts of the province Huanta 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 (65.24%) learnt to speak in childhood, 34.44% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
References
- ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
.svg){kind=small}
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
.svg){kind=small} |
This Ayacucho Region geography article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
