Pariahuanca District, Huancayo

Pariahuanca Parya Wank'a
District
Country	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	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	120124

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

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]

• Anchhi
• Lasu Tumi
• Millpu Q'asa
• Puka Qucha
• Pukara
• Puywan
• Qalla Q'asa
• Quchan Quchan
• Quchas
• Sura Qucha
• Suyt'u Kancha
• Talwis
• Tuqtu Q'asa
• Ullquyuq
• Utkhuyuq
• Warmi Qucha
• Wayanay
• Waytapallana (Aychana)
• Winsu

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]

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)

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