Iguain District
Appearance
Iguain | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Ayacucho |
Province | Huanta |
Founded | December 27, 1926 |
Capital | Macachacra |
Government | |
• Mayor | Fidel Canales Huayllasco |
Area | |
• Total | 74.85 km2 (28.90 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,025 m (9,925 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,034 |
• Density | 41/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 050404 |
Iguain District is one of eight districts of the province Huanta in Peru.[1]
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 (81.05%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.67% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (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)