Pampamarca District, Canas

Pampamarca Pampamarka
District
Church of Pampamarca
Location of Pampamarca in the Canas province
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Canas
Founded	August 29, 1834
Capital	Pampamarca
Government
•  Mayor	Eberardo Teheran Ayala (2007)
Area
• Total	29.91 km2 (11.55 sq mi)
Elevation	3,811 m (12,503 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,268
• Density	76/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	080506

Pampamarca District is the smallest of eight districts in the Canas Province in Peru. Its seat is the village of Pampamarca.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.85%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.95% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[1]

Sources

1. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población

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