Ahuaycha District

Ahuaycha District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru.[1]

Ahuaycha Awaycha
District
Landscape of Ahuaycha
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Tayacaja
Founded	December 14, 1954
Capital	Ahuaycha
Government
• Mayor	Raul Huaman Vasquez
Area
• Total	90.96 km^2 (35.12 sq mi)
Elevation	3,280 m (10,760 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	5,939
• Density	65/km^2 (170/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090704

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (54.30%) learnt to speak in childhood, 45.43% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Llaqta Qulluy

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, 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)