Parobamba District

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Parobamba
Parupampa
Location of the district Parobamba in Pomabamba.PNG
Location of Parobamba in the Pomabamba province
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Pomabamba
FoundedAugust 28, 1868
Capital Parobamba
Government
   Mayor Rolando Sanchez Vidal (2007)
Area
  Total331.1 km2 (127.8 sq mi)
Elevation
3,185 m (10,449 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 021603
Website munipomabamba.gob.pe

Parobamba District is one of 4 districts in the Pomabamba Province of the Ancash Region in Peru.

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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 (96.80%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.91% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [1]

  1. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que apredió hablar (in Spanish)

See also

Coordinates: 8°42′00″S77°22′59″W / 8.70000°S 77.38306°W / -8.70000; -77.38306


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