Quinuabamba District

Quinuabamba
Kinwapampa
District

Location of Quinuabamba in the Pomabamba province
Country  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Pomabamba
Founded September 26, 1941
Capital Quinuabamba
Government
  Mayor Pepe Juan Moreno Dominguez (2007)
Area
  Total 146.06 km2 (56.39 sq mi)
Elevation 3,108 m (10,197 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 021604
Website munipomabamba.gob.pe

Quinuabamba District is one of 4 districts in the Pomabamba Province of the Ancash Region 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 (96.60%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.91% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[1]

References

  1. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine. INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que apredió hablar (in Spanish)

See also

Coordinates: 8°43′59″S 77°22′01″W / 8.73306°S 77.36694°W / -8.73306; -77.36694

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