Paico District

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Paico
District
Location of the district Paico in Sucre.svg
Location of Paico in the Sucre province
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Sucre
Capital Paico
Subdivisions 11 populated places
Area
 • Total
79.65 km2 (30.75 sq mi)
Elevation
3,073 m (10,082 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
978
 • Density12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050907

Paico is one of 11 districts of the Sucre Province in the Ayacucho region in Peru.

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Population

The population of Paico (2005 census) is 978 people, 507 men and 471 women. [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 (80.74%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.81% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

Administrative division

The populated places in the district are: [1]

References

  1. 1 2 INEI Archived 2007-06-01 at the Wayback Machine
  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


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