Margos District

Margos
District
View of civic event on the Plaza Mayor de Margos, the district capital
View of the Plaza Mayor de Margos, the district capital
Interactive map of Margos
Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvinceHuánuco
FoundedSeptember 10, 1906
CapitalMargos, Peru
Government
 • MayorSimion Casimiro Castro Esteban
Area
 • Total
282.53 km2 (109.09 sq mi)
Elevation
3,539 m (11,611 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
11,323
 • Density40.077/km2 (103.80/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO100105

Margos District is one of twelve districts of the province Huánuco 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 (70.88%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.83% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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