Huacaña District
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| subdivision_name1 = Ayacucho
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| p1 = 15 populated places
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| area_total_km2 = 132.73
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| elevation_m = 3170
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| population_total = 633
| population_as_of = 2005 census
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Huacaña is one of 11 districts of the Sucre Province in the Ayacucho region in Peru.
Population
The population of Huacaña is 633 people, consisting of 306 men and 327 women.[http://desa.inei.gob.pe/ INEI] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070601020523/http://desa.inei.gob.pe/ |date=2007-06-01 }}
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (78.18%) learnt to speak in childhood, 21.65% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales?ori=C inei.gob.pe] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127005551/http://iinei.inei.gob.pe/iinei/RedatamCpv2007.asp?id=ResultadosCensales%3Fori%3DC |date=2013-01-27 }} INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
Administrative division
See also
References
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{{Districts of Sucre Province}}
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Category:Districts of the Department of Ayacucho
Category:Districts of the Sucre province
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