Ayna District
District in Ayacucho, Peru
Ayna | |
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District | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | La Mar |
| Founded | January 17, 1945 |
| Capital | San Francisco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Eduardo Claudio Urbano Mendez |
| Area | |
| • Total | 265.73 km2 (102.60 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 610 m (2,000 ft) |
| Population (2005 census) | |
| • Total | 8,457 |
| • Density | 32/km2 (82/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 050503 |
Ayna District is one of eight districts of the province La Mar 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 (62.57%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.67% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2] The population is about 900.
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)
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