Cabana District, Lucanas

District in Ayacucho, Peru

Cabana Qhawana
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Lucanas
Capital	Cabana
Government
• Mayor	Guzmán Chava Cupe
Area
• Total	402.62 km² (155.45 sq mi)
Elevation	3,282 m (10,768 ft)
Population (2017)
• Total	2,189
• Density	5.4/km² (14/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	050603

Cabana District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas in Peru.^[1]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:^[2]

Anqasi
Inka Wasi
Kimsa Saywa
Kuntur Sinqa
Kunturillu
Maranniyuq
Misapata (Cabana)
Misapata (Cab.-Luc.)
Misa Q'asa
Misa Urqu
Puka Salla
Phiruruchayuq
Saywa
Wamanrasu
Yana Qaqa

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (57.13%) learnt to speak in childhood, 42.61% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[3]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Lucanas Province 2 (Ayacucho Region)
^ 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)