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Huambalpa District

Coordinates: 13°37′07″S 74°00′13″W / 13.6185°S 74.0035°W / -13.6185; -74.0035
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Huambalpa
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Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceVilcas Huamán
CapitalHuambalpa
Area
 • Total150.76 km2 (58.21 sq mi)
Elevation
3,262 m (10,702 ft)
Population
 • Total2,764
 • Density18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO051105

Huambalpa District is one of eight districts of the province Vilcas Huamán in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

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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 (95.35%) learnt to speak in childhood, 4.26% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

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  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. ^ 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)


13°37′07″S 74°00′13″W / 13.6185°S 74.0035°W / -13.6185; -74.0035