Quinuabamba District

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Quinuabamba

Kinwapampa
Location of the district Quinuabamba in Pomabamba.PNG
Location of Quinuabamba in the Pomabamba province
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Pomabamba
FoundedSeptember 26, 1941
Capital Quinuabamba
Government
   Mayor Pepe Juan Moreno Dominguez (2007)
Area
  Total146.06 km2 (56.39 sq mi)
Elevation
3,108 m (10,197 ft)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 021604
Website munipomabamba.gob.pe

Quinuabamba District is one of 4 districts in the Pomabamba Province of the Ancash Region in Peru.

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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 (96.60%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.91% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [1]

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References

  1. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que apredió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 8°43′59″S77°22′01″W / 8.73306°S 77.36694°W / -8.73306; -77.36694