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Salcahuasi District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Tayacaja

Capital
  
Salcahuasi

Elevation
  
3,150 m

Region
  
Huancavelica

Founded
  
June 18, 1987

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
118 kmĀ²

Salcahuasi District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja 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 (89.78%) learnt to speak in childhood, 9.69% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Salcahuasi District Wikipedia