San Pedro District, Lucanas

San Pedro
District

The village of San Antonio, San Pedro District
Country  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Lucanas
Founded December 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 (2005 census)
  Total 3,268
  Density 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 050617

San Pedro District is one of twenty-one districts of the province 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. (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: 14°41′38″S 74°07′27″W / 14.69389°S 74.12417°W / -14.69389; -74.12417

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