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Huancapi District

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Country
  
Peru

Founded
  
August 16, 1920

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,081 m

Province
  
Víctor Fajardo Province

Region
  
Ayacucho

Capital
  
Huancapi

UBIGEO
  
051001

Area
  
223.4 km²

Huancapi District is one of twelve districts of the province Víctor Fajardo 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 (69.47%) learnt to speak in childhood, 30.40% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Huancapi District Wikipedia