San Buenaventura District, Marañón

San Buenaventura District is one of three districts of the province Marañón in Peru.[1]

For the district in Canta, see San Buenaventura District, Canta.
San Buenaventura District
District
Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvinceMarañón
FoundedOctober 31, 1955
CapitalSan Buenaventura
Government
 • MayorEusebio Solano Mattos
Area
 • Total86.54 km2 (33.41 sq mi)
Elevation
3,200 m (10,500 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total2,185
 • Density25/km2 (65/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO100703

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.78%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.52% 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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