Paucará District

Paucará
District
Country  Peru
Region Huancavelica
Province Acobamba
Founded January 15, 1943
Capital Paucará
Government
  Mayor Patricio Huaman Paitan
Area
  Total 225.6 km2 (87.1 sq mi)
Elevation 3,806 m (12,487 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 26,018
  Density 120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 090206

Paucará District is one of eight districts of the province Acobamba 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 (88.55%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.31% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 12°43′48″S 74°39′58″W / 12.7299°S 74.6662°W / -12.7299; -74.6662

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