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Huaccana District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
June 12, 1985

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,075 m

Province
  
Chincheros Province

Region
  
Apurímac

Capital
  
Huaccana

UBIGEO
  
030604

Area
  
472.1 km²

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Huaccana District is one of the eight districts of the province Chincheros 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 (83.12%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.39% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Huaccana District Wikipedia