Huayllo District

Huayllo
Wayllu
District
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Aymaraes
Founded May 12, 1960
Capital Huayllo
Government
 • Mayor Elio Garay Roldan
Area
 • Total 72.89 km2 (28.14 sq mi)
Elevation 3,139 m (10,299 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 721
 • Density 9.9/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030407

Huayllo District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes 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 (63.39%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.27% 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 Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved April 7, 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: 14°07′08″S 73°19′05″W / 14.119°S 73.318°W / -14.119; -73.318

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