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Yanaca District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Aymaraes

Capital
  
Yanaca

Elevation
  
3,340 m

Region
  
Apurímac

Founded
  
December 28, 1961

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
103.9 km²

Yanaca District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes 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 (70.37%) learnt to speak in childhood, 29.27% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Yanaca District Wikipedia