Llochegua District

Llochegua District is one of eight districts of the province Huanta in Peru.^[1]

Llochegua Lluchiwa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Huanta
Founded	September 14, 2000
Capital	Llochegua
Government
• Mayor	Pedro Maximo Lopez Carbajal
Area
• Total	713.71 km2 (275.56 sq mi)
Elevation	530 m (1,740 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	11,897
• Density	17/km2 (43/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	050408

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (66.25%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.81% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]