San Francisco de Rivacayco District is one of eight districts of the province Parinacochas in Peru.[1]
San Francisco de Rivacayco | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ayacucho |
| Province | Parinacochas |
| Founded | April 23, 1960 |
| Capital | San Francisco de Rivacayco |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Godofredo Agripino Chiara Quirhuayo |
| Area | |
• Total | 99.83 km2 (38.54 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,852 m (9,357 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 551 |
| • Density | 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 050707 |
Ethnic groups
editThe people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (73.62%) learnt to speak in childhood, 26.22% 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 2008-04-23 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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