Piscobamba District

Piscobamba Pisqupampa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Mariscal Luzuriaga
Capital	Piscobamba
Government
•  Mayor	Policarpio William Alvarez Vega
Area
• Total	45.93 km2 (17.73 sq mi)
Elevation	3,281 m (10,764 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,631
• Density	79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021301

Piscobamba District is one of eight districts of the Mariscal Luzuriaga Province 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 (74.84%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.93% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[2]

See also

• Ancash Quechua

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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)

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