Paucas District

Paucas
District
Country  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Huari
Founded May 10, 1955
Capital Paucas
Government
 • Mayor Robert Pompeo Benites Meza
Area
 • Total 135.31 km2 (52.24 sq mi)
Elevation 3,421 m (11,224 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 2,214
 • Density 16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 021010

Paucas District is one of sixteen districts of the province Huari 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 (80.66%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.19% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 9°07′59″S 76°54′00″W / 9.13306°S 76.90000°W / -9.13306; -76.90000

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