Pachaconas District

Pachaconas District
District
Country	Peru
Region	Apurímac
Province	Antabamba
Founded	August 20, 1872
Capital	Pachaconas
Government
•  Mayor	Edison Ortega Campana
Area
• Total	226.73 km2 (87.54 sq mi)
Elevation	3,438 m (11,280 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,098
• Density	4.8/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	030306

Pachaconas District is one of the seven districts of the province Antabamba 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 (66.93%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.71% 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 Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 7, 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)

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