Pira District

Pira
District
The location of the Pira district in Peru
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Huaraz
Founded	November 19, 1917
Capital	Pira
Government
•  Mayor	Hector Raul Obregon Inti
Area
• Total	243.73 km2 (94.10 sq mi)
Elevation	3,570 m (11,710 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	3,321
• Density	14/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	020111

Pira District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaraz 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 (83.20%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.63% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

See also

• Wamanpinta

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)

9°34′01″S77°43′01″W / 9.56694°S 77.71694°W / -9.56694; -77.71694