Pampamarca District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca in Peru.[1]
Pampamarca
Pampamarka | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Huánuco |
| Province | Yarowilca |
| Founded | December 16, 1989 |
| Capital | Pampamarca |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Rosas Orlando Herrera Calixto |
| Area | |
• Total | 72.68 km2 (28.06 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,434 m (11,266 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,980 |
| • Density | 41/km2 (110/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 101107 |
Ethnic groups
editThe 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
editReferences
edit- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 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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