Chavín de Pariarca District
Appearance
Chavín de Pariarca | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Huánuco |
Province | Huamalíes |
Capital | Chavín de Pariarca |
Government | |
• Mayor | Melanio Bocanegra Jaramillo |
Area | |
• Total | 89.25 km2 (34.46 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,362 m (11,030 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 4,862 |
• Density | 54/km2 (140/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 100503 |
Chavín de Pariarca District is one of eleven districts of the province Huamalíes in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (55.25%) learnt to speak in childhood, 43.63% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)