Quishuar District

Coordinates: 12°14′38″S 74°46′39″W / 12.2439°S 74.7774°W / -12.2439; -74.7774
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Quishuar
Kiswar
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceTayacaja
FoundedMarch 6, 1957
CapitalQuishuar
Government
 • MayorJosé Rodolfo Acevedo Segura
Area
 • Total31.54 km2 (12.18 sq mi)
Elevation
3,130 m (10,270 ft)
Population
 • Total1,023
 • Density32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090713

Quishuar District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru.[1]

Its Quechua name kiswar is the name of the tree Buddleja incana.

Ethnic groups[edit]

The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.40%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.60% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References[edit]

  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. ^ 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)


12°14′38″S 74°46′39″W / 12.2439°S 74.7774°W / -12.2439; -74.7774