Quinuabamba District
Appearance
Quinuabamba
Kinwapampa | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Ancash |
Province | Pomabamba |
Founded | September 26, 1941 |
Capital | Quinuabamba |
Government | |
• Mayor | Pepe Juan Moreno Dominguez (2007) |
Area | |
• Total | 146.06 km2 (56.39 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,108 m (10,197 ft) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 021604 |
Website | munipomabamba.gob.pe |
Quinuabamba District is one of 4 districts in the Pomabamba Province of the Ancash Region in Peru.
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.60%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.91% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[1]
References
- ^ 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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)