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Huachis District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Huari

Capital
  
Huachis

Elevation
  
3,268 m

Region
  
Ancash

Founded
  
January 2, 1857

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
153.9 km²

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

Contents

Map of Huachis District, 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 (93.77%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.06% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Huachis District Wikipedia