Huaynacotas_District

Huaynacotas District

Huaynacotas District

District in Arequipa, Peru

Huaynacotas District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru.[1]

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Geography

The Wansu mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (71.98%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.11% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

References

  1. [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. [2]
    escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the La Unión Province (Arequipa Region)
  3. [3]
    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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