María Parado de Bellido District is one of six districts of the province Cangallo in Peru.[1]
María Parado de Bellido | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | Cangallo |
| Founded | June 18, 1962 |
| Capital | Pomabamba |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Delia Roca Curi |
| Area | |
• Total | 129.13 km2 (49.86 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,236 m (10,617 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 3,047 |
| • Density | 24/km2 (61/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 050204 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.64%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.32% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
edit- ^ (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)
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