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Pampamarca
Pampamarka
Country  Peru
Region Huánuco
Province Yarowilca
FoundedDecember 16, 1989
Capital Pampamarca
Government
 •  MayorRosas Orlando Herrera Calixto
Area
 • Total72.68 km2 (28.06 sq mi)
Elevation
3,434 m (11,266 ft)
Population
 • Total2,980
 • Density41/km2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 ( PET)
UBIGEO101107

Pampamarca District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca 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 (74.03%) learnt to speak in childhood, 25.63% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language ( 2007 Peru Census). [2]

See also

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ^ 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)


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