Pariahuanca District, Carhuaz

Pariahuanca District is one of eleven districts of the province Carhuaz in Peru.[1]

Pariahuanca

Paryawanka
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceCarhuaz
FoundedOctober 6, 1905
CapitalPariahuanca
Government
  MayorZenobio Gregorio Mendez Aguirre
Area
  Total11.74 km2 (4.53 sq mi)
Elevation
2,811 m (9,222 ft)
Population
 (2017)
  Total1,381
  Density120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020607

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (72.88%) learnt to speak in childhood, 26.98% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

gollark: As far as I know you can do free inter-bank transfers here, although I'm sure that has awful security problems too.
gollark: Who *designed* that? Why did people agree to it?
gollark: For one thing, to make internet payments you give companies details which let them charge you arbitrary amounts of money.
gollark: Credit cards seem to be a very bad system on many levels.
gollark: Well, I can actually wait quite easily.

See also

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)


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