Pacapausa District

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Pacapausa
Pacapausa District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Parinacochas
Capital Pacapausa
Government
   Mayor Remigio Ccerhuayo Verdi
Area
  Total
144.3 km2 (55.7 sq mi)
Elevation
2,852 m (9,357 ft)
Population
  Total
1,174
  Density8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050704

Pacapausa District is one of eight districts of the province Parinacochas in Peru. [1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (60.64%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.10% 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)

14°41′38″S74°07′27″W / 14.69389°S 74.12417°W / -14.69389; -74.12417