Huancarama District

District in Apurímac, Peru From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Huancarama District is one of the nineteen districts of the province Andahuaylas in Peru.[1]

Country Peru
CapitalHuancarama
Elevation
2,965 m (9,728 ft)
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Huancarama
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Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAndahuaylas
CapitalHuancarama
Government
  MayorCarlos Cavero Contreras
Area
  Total
153.04 km2 (59.09 sq mi)
Elevation
2,965 m (9,728 ft)
Population
  Total
7,792
  Density50.91/km2 (131.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030204
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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.47% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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