Ancahuasi District

Ancahuasi, Quechua Ankawasi (anka eagle, wasi house, "eagle house"), is one of nine districts of the province Anta in Peru.^[1]

Ancahuasi Ankawasi
District
Coordinates: 13.4557°S 72.3005°W / -13.4557; -72.3005
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Anta
Founded	September 15, 1986
Capital	Ancahuasi
Government
• Mayor	Ubaldo Kuncho Rimachi
Area
• Total	123.58 km2 (47.71 sq mi)
Elevation	3,435 m (11,270 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	7,543
• Density	61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	080302

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (84.86%) learnt to speak in childhood, 14.89 % of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

See also

• Killarumiyuq
• Yanaqucha

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