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Tinyahuarco District

Coordinates: 10°45′55″S 76°14′54″W / 10.7653°S 76.2483°W / -10.7653; -76.2483
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Tinyahuarco
Tinya Warkhu
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Country Peru
RegionPasco
ProvincePasco
FoundedSeptember 12, 1917
CapitalTinyahuarco
Government
 • MayorOscar Alcides Espinoza Trelles
Area
 • Total94.49 km2 (36.48 sq mi)
Elevation
4,275 m (14,026 ft)
Population
 • Total5,784
 • Density61/km2 (160/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO190111

Tinyahuarco (Hispanicized spelling of Tinya Warkhu, a Quechua term, tinya a kind of drum, warkhu hanging)[1] is one of thirteen districts of the province Pasco Province in the Pasco Region of Peru.[2]

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  1. ^ Teofilo Laime Ajacopa (2007). Diccionario Bilingüe: Iskay simipi yuyayk’anch: Quechua – Castellano / Castellano – Quechua (PDF). La Paz, Bolivia: futatraw.ourproject.org.
  2. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.


10°45′55″S 76°14′54″W / 10.7653°S 76.2483°W / -10.7653; -76.2483