Paucas District

Paucas
District
A view of the district from the point of Cerro San Cristóbal
A view of the district from the point of Cerro San Cristóbal
Interactive map of Paucas
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceHuari
FoundedMay 10, 1955
CapitalPaucas
Government
 • MayorRobert 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
 • Density16.36/km2 (42.38/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021010

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 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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