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Huaynacotas District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
La Unión

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
2,590 m

Region
  
Arequipa

Capital
  
Taurisma

UBIGEO
  
040804

Area
  
932.6 km²

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Huaynacotas District is one of eleven districts of the province La Unión in Peru.

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Geography

The Wansu mountain range traverses the province. Some of the highest peaks of the province are listed below:

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (71.98%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.11% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Huaynacotas District Wikipedia