Phara District

Phara District is one of ten districts of the province Sandia in Peru.[1]

Phara
District
Country Peru
RegionPuno
ProvinceSandia
CapitalPhara
Government
 • MayorAlfredo Paredes Meza
Area
 • Total400.9 km2 (154.8 sq mi)
Elevation
3,450 m (11,320 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total6,456
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO211205

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (72.16%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.31% 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 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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