Huachocolpa District, Tayacaja

Huachocolpa District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru.[1]

Huachocolpa Wachuqullpa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Tayacaja
Founded	January 31, 1951
Capital	Huachocolpa
Government
• Mayor	Luis Alberto Hinostroza Huamani
Area
• Total	292 km^2 (113 sq mi)
Elevation	2,907 m (9,537 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,761
• Density	13/km^2 (33/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090707

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (93.61%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.20% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

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)