Huarochirí District

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Huarochirí
Waruchiri
District
Country  Peru
Region Lima
Province Huarochirí
Capital Huarochirí
Government
  Mayor Grimaldo Julio Rado Huaringa
Area
  Total 249.09 km2 (96.17 sq mi)
Elevation 3,146 m (10,322 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 1,579
  Density 6.3/km2 (16/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 150709

Huarochirí District (in hispanicized spelling) or Waruchiri[1] is one of thirty-two districts of the province Huarochirí in Peru. Despite its name, it is not the provincial seat; the seat is at Matucana.[2]

References

  1. Teofilo Laime Acopa, Diccionario Bilingüe, Iskay simipi yuyay k'ancha, Quechua – Castellano, Castellano – Quechua: waruchiri - s. Valle situado en el distrito de matucana, al sur de Lima y al oriente del adoratorio de Pacha kamaq (JL).
  2. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.

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