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Huamanguilla District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Huanta

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,276 m

Region
  
Ayacucho

Capital
  
Huamanguilla

UBIGEO
  
050403

Area
  
88.03 kmĀ²

Huamanguilla District is one of eight districts of the province Huanta in Peru.

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.27%) learnt to speak in childhood, 13.39% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

Places of interest

The archaeological site of Marayniyuq lies in the southwest of the district.

References

Huamanguilla District Wikipedia