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Asquipata District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Víctor Fajardo

Capital
  
Asquipata

Elevation
  
3,350 m

Region
  
Ayacucho

Founded
  
December 23, 1986

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
70.72 km²


Asquipata District is one of twelve districts of the province Víctor Fajardo in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (79.18%) learnt to speak in childhood, 20.82% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Asquipata District Wikipedia