Pocohuanca District

Pocohuanca
District
Country  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Aymaraes
Founded October 8, 1951
Capital Pocohuanca
Government
 • Mayor Mateo Soria Palomino
Area
 • Total 82.55 km2 (31.87 sq mi)
Elevation 3,180 m (10,430 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 1,277
 • Density 15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030410

Pocohuanca District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes 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 (80.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.62% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved April 7, 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)

Coordinates: 14°13′01″S 73°04′59″W / 14.21694°S 73.08306°W / -14.21694; -73.08306

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