Pocohuanca District

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Pocohuanca
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Apurímac
Province Aymaraes
FoundedOctober 8, 1951
Capital Pocohuanca
Government
 •  Mayor Mateo Soria Palomino
Area
 • Total82.55 km2 (31.87 sq mi)
Elevation
3,180 m (10,430 ft)
Population
 • Total1,277
 • Density15/km2 (40/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 030410

Pocohuanca District is one of the seventeen districts of the province Aymaraes 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 (80.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.62% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 7, 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)

Coordinates: 14°13′01″S73°04′59″W / 14.21694°S 73.08306°W / -14.21694; -73.08306


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