Huaylas District

The Huaylas District (Spanish: Distrito de Huaylas) is the smallest of 10 districts of the Huaylas Province in the Ancash Region of Peru. The capital of the district is the village of Huaylas.^[1]

Huaylas Waylas
District
Location of Huaylas in the Huaylas province
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Huaylas
Capital	Huaylas
Subdivisions	10 populated places
Government
• Mayor	Jose Felipe Espinoza Caballero (2007)
Area
• Total	56.89 km2 (21.97 sq mi)
Elevation	2,721 m (8,927 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,811
• Density	32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021204
Website	munihuaylas.gob.pe

Location

The district is located in the north-western part of the province at an elevation of 2,721m. The village of Huaylas is located 45 km from the city of Caraz.

Populated places

Populated places in the district with the number of households in parentheses.^[2]

• Waylas (502)
• Itakuq Punta (11)
• Waras Calle (31)
• Shuyu (199)
• Delicados (25)
• Yakup (192)
• Llima (2)
• Waruma Pukyu (12)
• Wanwamachi (4)
• Wamanyaku (30)
• Ñawinyaku (23)

Capital

The capital of the district is the village of Huaylas.