Ancahuasi,
Quechua Ankawasi (''anka'' eagle, ''wasi'' house, "eagle house"), is one of nine
districts
A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivisions o ...
of the province
Anta
Anta may refer to:
Biology
* Fava d'anta, a tree found in Brazil
* South American tapir, known in Portuguese as ''
* ''Phytelephas seemannii'', known in Quechua and Choco as ''
Places
* Anta Department, in Salta Province, Argentina
* Anta, a ci ...
in
Peru
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, image_coat = Escudo nacional del Perú.svg
, other_symbol = Great Seal of the State
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, national_motto = "Fi ...
.
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
The 2007 Peru Census was a detailed enumeration of the Peruvian population. It was conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática on Sunday, October 21, 2007. Its full name in Spanish is XI Censo de Población y VI de Viviend ...
).
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INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población
See also
* Killarumiyuq
Killarumiyuq (Quechua ''killa'' moon, ''rumi'' stone,Teofilo Laime Ajacopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyayk'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua (Quechua-Spanish dictionary) -yuq a suffix to indicate ownership, "the o ...
* Yanaqucha
References
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1986 establishments in Peru