Cayara
District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceVíctor Fajardo
FoundedJanuary 9, 1960
CapitalCayara
Government
 • MayorLuciano Pariona Ore
Area
 • Total69.25 km2 (26.74 sq mi)
Elevation
3,164 m (10,381 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,423
 • Density21/km2 (53/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO051006

Cayara District is one of twelve districts of the province Víctor Fajardo in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (88.63%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.73% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

History

In 1988, during Peru's internal conflict, the military killed 39 residents of the district in the Cayara massacre.[3]


See also

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ 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)
  3. ↑ FORMER ARMY TROOPS SENTENCED FOR THEIR ROLE IN THE CAYARA MASSACRE. Peru Support Group. 12 August 2003.

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