San Miguel District, La Mar

San Miguel District is one of eight districts of the province La Mar in Peru.[1]

San Miguel
District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceLa Mar
CapitalSan Miguel
Government
 • MayorEulogio Vila Montaño
Area
 • Total902.98 km2 (348.64 sq mi)
Elevation
2,661 m (8,730 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total19,185
 • Density21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050501

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (84.03%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.64% 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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