Sara Sara District

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Sara Sara
Sara Sara Volcano.jpg
Sara Sara, the highest mountain of the district
Sara Sara District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Paucar del Sara Sara
FoundedJanuary 2, 1985
Capital Quilcata
Government
   Mayor Pedro José Rivera Vizcardo
Area
  Total
79.58 km2 (30.73 sq mi)
Elevation
3,300 m (10,800 ft)
Population
  Total
791
  Density9.9/km2 (26/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050810

Sara Sara District is one of ten districts of the province Paucar del Sara Sara in Peru. [1]

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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 (55.66%) learnt to speak in childhood, 43.95% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

See also

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)

Further reading

Reinhard, Johan (2005). The Ice Maiden: Inca Mummies, Mountain Gods, and Sacred Sites in the Andes. Washington, D.C.: National Geographic Society. ISBN   0-7922-6838-5.

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