Pinra District

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Pinra
District
Pinra District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huánuco
Province Huacaybamba
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
Capital Pinra
Government
 •  Mayor Edgar Briceño Asencios
Area
 • Total
283.71 km2 (109.54 sq mi)
Elevation
2,550 m (8,370 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
8,272
 • Density29/km2 (76/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 100404

Pinra District is one of four districts of the province Huacaybamba 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 (92.72%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.44% 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 2008-04-23 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)

8°54′48″S76°53′30″W / 8.9134°S 76.8916°W / -8.9134; -76.8916


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