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Huacachi District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Huari

Capital
  
Huacachi

Elevation
  
3,509 m

Region
  
Ancash

Founded
  
October 14, 1901

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
86.7 km²

Huacachi District is one of sixteen districts of the province Huari Province in the Ancash Region of Peru.

Contents

Map of Huacachi, 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 (77.42%) learnt to speak in childhood, 22.12% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Huacachi District Wikipedia