Phara District

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Phara
District
Distrito de Phara.jpg
Phara District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Puno
Province Sandia
Capital Phara
Government
 •  Mayor Alfredo Paredes Meza
Area
 • Total
400.9 km2 (154.8 sq mi)
Elevation
3,450 m (11,320 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
6,456
 • Density16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 211205

Phara District is one of ten districts of the province Sandia 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 (72.16%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.31% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 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)

14°04′26″S70°06′02″W / 14.0740°S 70.1005°W / -14.0740; -70.1005


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