Huando | |
Native Name: | Wantu |
Native Name Lang: | es |
Settlement Type: | District |
Mapsize: | frameless |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Peru |
Subdivision Type1: | Region |
Subdivision Name1: | Huancavelica |
Subdivision Type2: | Province |
Subdivision Name2: | Huancavelica |
Parts Type: | Subdivisions |
Parts Style: | para |
Established Title: | Founded |
Established Date: | November 16, 1892 |
Seat Type: | Capital |
Seat: | Huando |
Leader Title: | Mayor |
Leader Name: | Robert Geronimo Guerra Quinteros |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Area Total Km2: | 193.9 |
Elevation M: | 3562 |
Population Total: | 8678 |
Population As Of: | 2005 census |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Timezone1: | PET |
Utc Offset1: | -5 |
Blank Name Sec1: | UBIGEO |
Blank Info Sec1: | 090119 |
Huando District is one of nineteen districts of the province Huancavelica in Peru.[1]
The people in the district are mainly Indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (53.49%) learnt to speak in childhood, 46.10% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]