Quishuar
Kiswar | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Huancavelica |
Province | Tayacaja |
Founded | March 6, 1957 |
Capital | Quishuar |
Government | |
• Mayor | José Rodolfo Acevedo Segura |
Area | |
• Total | 31.54 km2 (12.18 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,130 m (10,270 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,023 |
• Density | 32/km2 (84/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 090713 |
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.
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]