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Ayahuanco District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Huanta

Capital
  
Viracochan

Region
  
Ayacucho

Founded
  
June 20, 1955

Elevation
  
3,414 m (11,201 ft)

Ayahuanco District is one of eight districts of the province Huanta 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 (95.94%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.75% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Ayahuanco District Wikipedia