Margos District
Appearance
Margos | |
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Country | ![]() |
Region | Huánuco |
Province | Huánuco |
Founded | September 10, 1906 |
Capital | Margos, Peru |
Government | |
• Mayor | Simion Casimiro Castro Esteban |
Area | |
• Total | 282.53 km2 (109.09 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,539 m (11,611 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 11,323 |
• Density | 40/km2 (100/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 100105 |
Margos District is one of twelve districts of the province Huánuco 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 (70.88%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.83% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)