Santa Rosa District, La Mar

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

Santa Rosa
District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceLa Mar
FoundedNovember 6, 1992
CapitalSanta Rosa
Government
 • MayorProf. Meliton Pariona Pareja
Area
 • Total372.27 km2 (143.73 sq mi)
Elevation
730 m (2,400 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total10,717
 • Density29/km2 (75/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050507

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (65.82%) learnt to speak in childhood, 33.53% 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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