Piscobamba District

Piscobamba
Pisqupampa
District
Interactive map of Piscobamba
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceMariscal Luzuriaga
CapitalPiscobamba
Government
 • MayorPolicarpio William Alvarez Vega
Area
 • Total
45.93 km2 (17.73 sq mi)
Elevation
3,281 m (10,764 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
3,631
 • Density79.06/km2 (204.8/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021301

Piscobamba District is one of eight districts of the Mariscal Luzuriaga 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 (74.84%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.93% 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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)

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