Aucará
District
The lake Quchapampa and the village of Aucará
The lake Quchapampa and the village of Aucará
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceLucanas
CapitalAucará
Government
 • MayorIsmael Tito Ccoyllo
Area
 • Total903.51 km2 (348.85 sq mi)
Elevation
3,220 m (10,560 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total2,744
 • Density3.0/km2 (7.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050602

Aucará District is one of twenty-one districts of the Lucanas Province in Peru.[1]

Geography

One of the highest mountains of the district is Kunturillu at approximately 4,600 m (15,100 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (52.65%) learnt to speak in childhood, 47.04% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Lucanas Province 2, Ayacucho Region
  3. ^ 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)


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