Pampamarca District, Canas

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Pampamarca
Pampamarka
District
Iglesia de Pampamarca.jpg
Church of Pampamarca
Location of the district Pampamarca in Canas.svg
Location of Pampamarca in the Canas province
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Cusco
Province Canas
FoundedAugust 29, 1834
Capital Pampamarca
Government
 •  Mayor Eberardo Teheran Ayala (2007)
Area
 • Total29.91 km2 (11.55 sq mi)
Elevation
3,811 m (12,503 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total2,268
 • Density76/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

14°08′43″S71°27′34″W / 14.1453°S 71.4594°W / -14.1453; -71.4594


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