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

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