Pariahuanca District, Carhuaz

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Pariahuanca
Paryawanka
District
Pariahuanca District, Carhuaz
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Carhuaz
FoundedOctober 6, 1905
Capital Pariahuanca
Government
 •  Mayor Zenobio Gregorio Mendez Aguirre
Area
 • Total
11.74 km2 (4.53 sq mi)
Elevation
2,811 m (9,222 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total
1,381
 • Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 020607

Pariahuanca District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (72.88%) learnt to speak in childhood, 26.98% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

See also

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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)

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