Huando
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Huancavelica |
Province | Huancavelica |
Founded | November 16, 1892 |
Capital | Huando |
Government | |
• Mayor | Robert Geronimo Guerra Quinteros |
Area | |
• Total | 193.9 km2 (74.9 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,562 m (11,686 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 8,678 |
• Density | 45/km2 (120/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 090119 |
Huando District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica in Peru.[1]
The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (53.49%) learnt to speak in childhood, 46.10% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]