Pariahuanca District, Huancayo

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Pariahuanca
Parya Wank'a
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Junín
Province Huancayo
Founded January 2, 1857
Capital Pariahuanca
Government
 •  Mayor Oscar Ruben Janampa Cotera
Area
 • Total 617.5 km2 (238.4 sq mi)
Elevation 2,070 m (6,790 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 8,196
 • Density 13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 120124

Pariahuanca (from Quechua Parya Wank'a) is one of twenty-eight districts of the Huancayo Province in Peru. [1]

Districts of Peru third level administrative subdivision of Peru

The districts of Peru are the third-level country subdivisions of Peru. They are subdivisions of the provinces, which in turn are subdivisions of the larger regions or departments. There are 1,838 districts in total.

Huancayo Province Province in Junín, Peru

Huancayo Province is located in Peru. It is one of the 9 provinces composing the Junín Region. It borders to the north with the Concepción Province, the east with the Satipo Province, the south with the Huancavelica Region and the west with the Chupaca Province. The province has an approximate population of 545,615 inhabitants. The capital of the province is the city of Huancayo.

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Geography

The Waytapallana mountain range traverses the district. The highest peak of the district is Waytapallana at 5,557 m (18,232 ft). Other mountains are listed below: [2]

Lasu Tumi mountain in Peru

Lasu Tumi is a mountain in Peru, about 5,200 m (17,100 ft) high. It is located in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Pariahuanca District. It lies northeast of a mountain named Ututuyuq.

Puywan mountain in Peru

Puywan is a mountain in the northern sector of the Waytapallana mountain range in the Andes of Peru, about 5,100 metres (16,732 ft) high. It is situated in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Pariahuanca District, and in the Concepción Province, Comas District. Puywan lies southeast of T'illu and northeast of Ch'uspi.

Waytapallana (Aychana) mountain in Peru

Waytapallana is a mountain in the Andes of Peru, about 4,800 m (15,748 ft) high. It is situated in the Junín Region, Huancayo Province, Pariahuanca District. Waytapallana lies on the left bank of the Lampa River, east of the Waytapallana mountain range. The village of Aychana lies at its feet.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (58.38%) learnt to speak in childhood, 41.21% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

Indigenous peoples of the Americas Pre-Columbian inhabitants of North, Central and South America and their descendants

The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the Pre-Columbian peoples of North, Central and South America and their descendants.

Quechua people ethnic group

Quechua people or Quecha people, may refer to any or all speakers of the Quechua languages, which originated among the indigenous people of South America. Most Quechua speakers are native to Peru, although there are some significant populations living in Ecuador, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia and Argentina.

Spanish language Romance language

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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. ↑ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Huancayo Province (Junín 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)

Coordinates: 11°59′59″S74°56′33″W / 11.9997°S 74.9424°W / -11.9997; -74.9424

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