Huantar District

Huantar District is one of sixteen districts of the province Huari in Peru.[1]

Huantar Wantar
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Huari
Capital	Huantar
Government
• Mayor	Renan Wilfredo Trejo Garcia
Area
• Total	156.15 km^2 (60.29 sq mi)
Elevation	3,354 m (11,004 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,924
• Density	19/km^2 (48/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021008

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.86%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.33% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Artisa
• Hatun Qaqaqucha and Ichik Qaqaqucha
• Kayish
• Map'arahu
• Qarwakancha

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)