Pariacoto District

Pariacoto District Distrito de Pariacoto
District
Coordinates: 9°31′01″S77°52′59″W / 9.51694°S 77.88306°W / -9.51694; -77.88306
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Huaraz
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Pariacoto
Government
•  Mayor	Artemio Mejia Ramos
Area
• Total	162.5 km2 (62.7 sq mi)
Elevation	1,239 m (4,065 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	4,248
• Density	26/km2 (68/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	020110

Pariacoto District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaraz in Peru. ^[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 (57.35%) learnt to speak in childhood, 42.48% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

See also

• Puka Hirka

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
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)