Pacucha District

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Pacucha
District
Pacucha District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Andahuaylas
FoundedAugust 21, 1963
Capital Pacucha
Government
 •  Mayor Oscar Franco Navarro
Area
 • Total
170.39 km2 (65.79 sq mi)
Elevation
3,125 m (10,253 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
10,018
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030209

Pacucha District is one of the nineteen districts of the province Andahuaylas 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 (91.50%) learnt to speak in childhood, 8.15% 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 Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved April 4, 2008
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población

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