Sarhua is a

district 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 ...

in the western

Víctor Fajardo Province Víctor Fajardo Province is a province in the centre of the Ayacucho Region in Peru. Boundaries *North: Cangallo Province *East: Vilcas Huamán Province and Sucre Province *South: Lucanas Province and Huanca Sancos Province *West: Huancaveli ...

Ayacucho Ayacucho (, qu, Ayak'uchu) is the capital city of Ayacucho Region and of Huamanga Province, Ayacucho Region, Peru. During the Inca Empire and Viceroyalty of Peru periods the city was known by the name of Huamanga (Quechua: Wamanga), and it c ...

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. It is bordered by Vilcanchos District on the west,

Totos District Totos District is one of six districts of the province Cangallo in Peru. Geography One of the highest peaks of the district is Antap'iti at . Other mountains are listed below: The largest lakes in the district are Llulluch'a Qucha and Lawra Q ...

(

Cangallo Province The Cangallo Province is a province located in the Ayacucho Region of Peru. It is one of the eleven that make up the region. The province has a population of 36,977 inhabitants as of census 2005. The capital of the province is the city of Cang ...

) on the north, Huamanquiquia District on the east, and Santiago de Lucanamarca District (

Huanca Sancos Province Huanca Sancos is a province in central Ayacucho, Peru. On April 3, 1983, Shining Path terrorists entered the town of Lucanamarca and killed 69 people. Geography Some of the highest mountains of the province are listed below: Political divisi ...

) on the south.

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly

indigenous Indigenous may refer to: *Indigenous peoples *Indigenous (ecology), presence in a region as the result of only natural processes, with no human intervention *Indigenous (band), an American blues-rock band *Indigenous (horse), a Hong Kong racehorse ...

citizens of

Quechua Quechua may refer to: *Quechua people, several indigenous ethnic groups in South America, especially in Peru *Quechuan languages, a Native South American language family spoken primarily in the Andes, derived from a common ancestral language **So ...

descent.

is the language which the majority of the population (98.00%) learnt to speak in childhood, 1.90% of the residents started speaking using the

Spanish Spanish might refer to: * Items from or related to Spain: **Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain **Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries **Spanish cuisine Other places * Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...

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 ...

).inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish) Image:Qachua.jpg, Qachwa dance Image:Apu urqu.jpg, Apu urqu Image:Calles de sarhua.jpg, Sarhua roads

Geography

Ethnic groups

See also

References

External links