Concepción District, Vilcas Huamán

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

Concepción District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceVilcas Huamán
FoundedNovember 19, 1954
CapitalConcepción
Area
  Total243.19 km2 (93.90 sq mi)
Elevation
3,050 m (10,010 ft)
Population
  Total3,291
  Density14/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO051104

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. (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)

13.5328°S 73.8751°W / -13.5328; -73.8751

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