Vinchos District

Vinchos District is one of fifteen districts of the province of Huamanga 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 (97.08%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.71% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

[2] One of the highest mountains of the district is Yanapatira at approximately 5,000 m (16,000 ft) on the western border.

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