Huanipaca District
Huanipaca District is one of the nine districts of the Abancay Province in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Ampay at 5,236 m (17,178 ft) located in the Ampay National Sanctuary. Other mountains are listed below:
- Ch'uñuna
- Ch'uspirqa
- Inka Wasi
- Jayuri
- K'usilluyuq
- Qucha Urqu
- Qullqa Pata
- Suchuna Pata
- T'asta Q'asa
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (77.81%) learnt to speak in childhood, 21.41% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
See also
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 4, 2008.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Abancay Province (Apurimac Region)
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
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