Huaribamba District
Huaribamba District is one of sixteen districts of the Tayacaja Province in Peru.
Geography
One of the highest peaks of the district is Yana Urqu at approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below:
- Hatun Chaka
- Hatun Wayq'u
- Luychus
- Muchka Urqu
- Rayusqa
- Saqsa Kunka
- Uqsa Q'asa
- Wamani
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (65.63%) learnt to speak in childhood, 34.07% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Tayacaja Province (Apurímac 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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