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Carhuanca District

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Country
  
Peru

Capital
  
Carhuanca

UBIGEO
  
051103

Area
  
56.91 km²

Region
  
Ayacucho

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
2,960 m

Province
  
Vilcas Huamán Province


Carhuanca District is one of eight districts of the province Vilcas Huamán in Peru.

Contents

Map of Carhuanca, 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 (83.83%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.90% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Carhuanca District Wikipedia