Ponto District

Ponto
District
Interactive map of Ponto
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceHuari
FoundedSeptember 30, 1943
CapitalPonto
Government
 • MayorHector Anibal Quiñones Ortega
Area
 • Total
118.29 km2 (45.67 sq mi)
Elevation
3,140 m (10,300 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
3,175
 • Density26.84/km2 (69.52/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021011
Distrito de Pontó

Ponto 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 (93.71%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.11% 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 2008-04-23 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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