Pueblo Libre District, Huaylas

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Pueblo Libre
Waqra
Pueblo Libre District, Huaylas
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Huaylas
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
Capital San Juan (Waqra)
Government
   Mayor Paul Cristian Diaz Vasquez
Area
  Total
130.99 km2 (50.58 sq mi)
Elevation
2,492 m (8,176 ft)
Population
  Total
6,810
  Density52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 021207

Pueblo Libre District is one of ten districts of the province Huaylas in Peru. [1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language that the majority of the population (89.90%) learned to speak in childhood, while 9.83% 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)

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