Vischongo District is one of eight
districts of the
Vilcas Huamán Province
Vilcas Huamán (from Quechua Willka Waman) is a province in the eastern part of the Ayacucho Region in Peru.
Boundaries
*North: Huamanga Province
*East: Apurímac Region
*South: Sucre Province
*West: Cangallo Province and Víctor Fajardo Prov ...
in
Peru
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.
Geography
One of the highest mountains of the district is Hatun Rumi at approximately . Other mountains 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 (mostly
Chanka
The Chanka people (or Chanca) are a Quechua people ethnic group living in the regions of Apurimac Region, Apurimac, Ayacucho Region, Ayacucho and Lamas, Peru, Lamas of Peru. They were enemies of the Incas, and they were centered primarily in And ...
).
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 ...
is the language which the majority of the population (83.00%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.54% 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, Can ...
language (
2007 Peru Census).
inei.gob.pe
INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
See also
* Inti Watana
* Pumaqucha
* Titankayuq
References
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