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Cayara
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Víctor Fajardo
Founded	January 9, 1960
Capital	Cayara
Government
• Mayor	Luciano Pariona Ore
Area
• Total	69.25 km (26.74 sq mi)
Elevation	3,164 m (10,381 ft)
Population
• Total	1,423
• Density	21/km (53/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	051006

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

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).

History

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

See also

• Ñawpallaqta

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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