Pachamarca District

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Pachamarca
Pachamarka
Pachamarca District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Churcampa
FoundedApril 23, 1965
Capital Pachamarca
Government
   Mayor Cirilo Barros Herrera
Area
  Total
160.06 km2 (61.80 sq mi)
Elevation
2,730 m (8,960 ft)
Population
  Total
3,007
  Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 090510

Pachamarca District is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa 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 (92.55%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.65% 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 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)

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