Concepción District, Vilcas Huamán

Concepción
District
Country  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Vilcas Huamán
Founded November 19, 1954
Capital Concepción
Area
  Total 243.19 km2 (93.90 sq mi)
Elevation 3,050 m (10,010 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 3,291
  Density 14/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 051104

Concepción District is one of eight districts of the province Vilcas Huamán in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (93.89%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.74% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 13°31′58″S 73°52′30″W / 13.5328°S 73.8751°W / -13.5328; -73.8751

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/29/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.