Salcabamba District

Salcabamba (from Quechua Sallqa Pampa, meaning "wild plain") is one of sixteen districts of the Tayacaja Province in the Huancavelica Region) of Peru.[1]

Salcabamba Sallqa Pampa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Tayacaja
Capital	Salcabamba
Government
• Mayor	Waldimar Perez Torres
Area
• Total	192.52 km^2 (74.33 sq mi)
Elevation	3,037 m (9,964 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	5,415
• Density	28/km^2 (73/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090714

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Yana Urqu at approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

• Hatun Wayq'u
• Inka Rumi
• Layan Q'asa
• Lima Lima
• Llant'an Urqu
• Qutu Qutu
• Tiklla Q'asa
• Turi Urqu
• T'asta
• Usnu Pata
• Wamani Marka
• Wayta Pallana
• Yana Qucha

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (84.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.49% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Tayacaja Province (Apurímac Region)
3. 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)