Pampamarca District, Yarowilca

Pampamarca District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca in Peru.[1]

Pampamarca

Pampamarka
Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvinceYarowilca
FoundedDecember 16, 1989
CapitalPampamarca
Government
  MayorRosas Orlando Herrera Calixto
Area
  Total72.68 km2 (28.06 sq mi)
Elevation
3,434 m (11,266 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total2,980
  Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO101107

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (74.03%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.63% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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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