Obas District

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Obas
District
Obas District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huánuco
Province Yarowilca
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
Capital Obas
Government
 •  Mayor Bernardino Armengol Chagua Ciezza
Area
 • Total
123.16 km2 (47.55 sq mi)
Elevation
3,526 m (11,568 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
6,266
 • Density51/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 101106

Obas District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca 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 (59.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 40.57% 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 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)

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