Ayna District

Ayna District is one of eight districts of the province La Mar in Peru.^[1]

Ayna
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

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.