Huando District

Huando
Wantu
District
Country  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Huancavelica
Founded November 16, 1892
Capital Huando
Government
 • Mayor Robert Geronimo Guerra Quinteros
Area
 • Total 193.9 km2 (74.9 sq mi)
Elevation 3,562 m (11,686 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 8,678
 • Density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090119

Huando District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica 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 (53.49%) learnt to speak in childhood, 46.10% 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 2008-04-23 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)

Coordinates: 12°33′52″S 74°56′50″W / 12.5644°S 74.9473°W / -12.5644; -74.9473

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