Quishuar District
Appearance
Quishuar
Kiswar | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Huancavelica |
Province | Tayacaja |
Founded | March 6, 1957 |
Capital | Quishuar |
Government | |
• Mayor | José Rodolfo Acevedo Segura |
Area | |
• Total | 31.54 km2 (12.18 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,130 m (10,270 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,023 |
• Density | 32/km2 (84/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 090713 |
Quishuar District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru.[1]
Its Quechua name kiswar is the name of the tree Buddleja incana.
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.40%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.60% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)