Carhuanca District

Carhuanca District is one of eight districts of the province Vilcas Huamán in Peru.[1]

Carhuanca
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Vilcas Huamán
Capital	Carhuanca
Area
• Total	56.91 km^2 (21.97 sq mi)
Elevation	2,960 m (9,710 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,201
• Density	21/km^2 (55/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	051103

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (83.83%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.90% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Puntay Urqu

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)