Chavín de Pariarca District

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Chavín de Pariarca
District

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Chavín de Pariarca
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huánuco
Province Huamalíes
Capital Chavín de Pariarca
Government
   Mayor Melanio Bocanegra Jaramillo
Area
  Total 89.25 km2 (34.46 sq mi)
Elevation 3,362 m (11,030 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 4,862
  Density 54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 100503

Chavín de Pariarca District is one of eleven districts of the province Huamalíes in Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (55.25%) learnt to speak in childhood, 43.63% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine .. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. 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 aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 9°25′33″S76°45′59″W / 9.4258°S 76.7664°W / -9.4258; -76.7664

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A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on Earth to be specified by a set of numbers, letters or symbols. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represents a vertical position and two or three of the numbers represent a horizontal position; alternatively, a geographic position may be expressed in a combined three-dimensional Cartesian vector. A common choice of coordinates is latitude, longitude and elevation. To specify a location on a plane requires a map projection.