Oyolo District

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Oyolo
District
Oyolo District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Paucar del Sara Sara
Capital Oyolo
Government
 •  Mayor Felix Marcelino Canre Torres
Area
 • Total
820.13 km2 (316.65 sq mi)
Elevation
3,400 m (11,200 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
1,277
 • Density1.6/km2 (4.0/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050806

Oyolo District is one of ten districts of the province Paucar del Sara Sara 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 (62.48%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.69% 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)

15°10′45″S73°11′06″W / 15.1792°S 73.1850°W / -15.1792; -73.1850


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