Pueblo Libre District, Huaylas
Pueblo Libre District is one of ten districts of the province Huaylas in Peru.[1]
Pueblo Libre Waqra | |
|---|---|
| Country |  |
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Huaylas |
| Founded | January 2, 1857 |
| Capital | San Juan (Waqra) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Paul Cristian Diaz Vasquez |
| Area | |
| • Total | 130.99 km2 (50.58 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,492 m (8,176 ft) |
| Population (2005 census) | |
| • Total | 6,810 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (130/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 021207 |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language that the majority of the population (89.90%) learned to speak in childhood, while 9.83% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- 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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