Panao District

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District
District of Panao (Peru)
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Pachitea
Capital	Panao
Government
•  Mayor	Cayo Rojas Rivera
Area
• Total	1,580.86 km2 (610.37 sq mi)
Elevation	2,560 m (8,400 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	17,666
• Density	11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	100801

Panao District is one of four districts of the province Pachitea in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below: ^[2]

• Hatun Kasha
• K'uchu Hanka
• Marayniyuq
• Putaqa
• Qayqu
• Rikacha Tuna
• Rumi Chaka
• Saqra Mach'ay
• Suyruqucha
• Tinyaqucha
• Walmish
• Wamanripayuq
• Warmi Pukyu
• Waqurunchu

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (57.01%) learnt to speak in childhood, 42.69% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

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. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Pachitea Province (Huánuco Region)
3. 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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