Pacapausa District

Pacapausa District is one of eight districts of the province Parinacochas in Peru.[1]

Pacapausa
District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceParinacochas
CapitalPacapausa
Government
 • MayorRemigio Ccerhuayo Verdi
Area
 • Total144.3 km2 (55.7 sq mi)
Elevation
2,852 m (9,357 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,174
 • Density8.1/km2 (21/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050704

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (60.64%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.10% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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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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