Huancarani_District
Huancarani District
District in Cusco, Peru
This article is about the district in Peru. For other uses, see Wankarani.
Huancarani District is one of six districts of the province Paucartambo in Peru.[1]
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Huancarani
Wankarani | |
|---|---|
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Cusco |
| Province | Paucartambo |
| Founded | May 11, 1987 |
| Capital | Huancarani |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | José Patricio Mendoza Ccahuana |
| Area | |
| • Total | 145.14 km2 (56.04 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,850 m (12,630 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 6,060 |
| • Density | 42/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 081105 |
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The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.86%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.91% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- 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)
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