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Quishuar District is one of sixteen districts of the province Tayacaja in Peru.[1]

This article is about the district in the Huancavelica Region, Peru. For other uses, see Kiswar (disambiguation).
Quishuar
Kiswar
District
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceTayacaja
FoundedMarch 6, 1957
CapitalQuishuar
Government
 • MayorJosé Rodolfo Acevedo Segura
Area
 • Total31.54 km2 (12.18 sq mi)
Elevation
3,130 m (10,270 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,023
 • Density32/km2 (84/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090713

Its Quechua name kiswar is the name of the tree Buddleja incana.


Ethnic groups


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]


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: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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