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Huancané District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Huancané

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,841 m

Region
  
Puno

Capital
  
Huancané

UBIGEO
  
210601

Area
  
381.6 km²

Huancané District

Huancané District (Aymara Wankani) is one of eight districts of the province Huancané in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Aymara descent. Aymara is the language which the majority of the population (68.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.65% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Huancané District Wikipedia