San Pedro District, Lucanas

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San Pedro
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The village of San Antonio, San Pedro District
San Pedro District, Lucanas
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Lucanas
FoundedDecember 16, 1907
Capital San Pedro
Government
   Mayor Mariano Taipe Huamani
Area
  Total
733.03 km2 (283.02 sq mi)
Elevation
3,097 m (10,161 ft)
Population
  Total
3,268
  Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050617

San Pedro District is one of twenty-one districts of the province of Lucanas 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 (80.50%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.02% 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)

14°41′38″S74°07′27″W / 14.69389°S 74.12417°W / -14.69389; -74.12417