Paucarbamba District

Paucarbamba District is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa in Peru.[1]

Paucarbamba

Pawqarpampa
District
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceChurcampa
CapitalPaucarbamba
Government
 • MayorWilder Cordova Ramos
Area
 • Total101.41 km2 (39.15 sq mi)
Elevation
3,370 m (11,060 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total5,947
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090507

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (83.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.37% 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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