Huantar District

Huantar
Wantar
District
Country  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Huari
Capital Huantar
Government
 • Mayor Renan Wilfredo Trejo Garcia
Area
 • Total 156.15 km2 (60.29 sq mi)
Elevation 3,354 m (11,004 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 2,924
 • Density 19/km2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 021008

Huantar District is one of sixteen districts of the province Huari 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 (92.86%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.33% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

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: 9°26′25″S 77°12′40″W / 9.44028°S 77.21111°W / -9.44028; -77.21111

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