Paucas District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province in Peru.[1]
Paucas | |
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 A view of the district from the point of Cerro San Cristóbal | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Huari |
| Founded | May 10, 1955 |
| Capital | Paucas |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Robert Pompeo Benites Meza |
| Area | |
• Total | 135.31 km2 (52.24 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3,421 m (11,224 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 2,214 |
| • Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 021010 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.66%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.19% 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)
9°07′59″S 76°54′00″W / 9.13306°S 76.90000°W
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