Asquipata District

Asquipata District is one of twelve districts of the province Víctor Fajardo in Peru.[1]

Asquipata Askipata
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Víctor Fajardo
Founded	December 23, 1986
Capital	Asquipata
Government
• Mayor	Juan Gualberto Huamani Sulca
Area
• Total	70.72 km^2 (27.31 sq mi)
Elevation	3,350 m (10,990 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	435
• Density	6.2/km^2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	051004

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.18%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.82% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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 January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)