Incahuasi District

Incahuasi
Inkawasi
District
Church of Incahuasi during a procession
Country  Peru
Region Lambayeque
Province Ferreñafe
Founded February 17, 1951
Capital Incahuasi
Government
 • Mayor Cesar Martans Manayay Lucero
Area
 • Total 443.91 km2 (171.39 sq mi)
Elevation 3,078 m (10,098 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 14,884
 • Density 34/km2 (87/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 140203

Incahuasi District or Inkawasi[1] (Quechua Inka Inca, wasi house, "Inca house")[2][3] is one of six districts of the Ferreñafe Province in the lambayeque Region in Peru.[4]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua (Inkawasi-Kañaris Quechua) is the language which the majority of the population (85.72%) learnt to speak in childhood, 14.08% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[5]

References

  1. ↑ muniferrenafe.gob.pe
  2. ↑ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, La Paz, 2007 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  3. ↑ Diccionario Quechua - Español - Quechua, Academía Mayor de la Lengua Quechua, Gobierno Regional Cusco, Cusco 2005 (Quechua-Spanish dictionary)
  4. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  5. ↑ 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: 6°14′09″S 79°19′00″W / 6.2357°S 79.3168°W / -6.2357; -79.3168

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