Province Tayacaja Capital Salcahuasi Elevation 3,150 m | Region Huancavelica Founded June 18, 1987 Time zone PET (UTC-5) Area 118 km² | |
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(Text) CC BY-SA