Santiago de Pischa District

Santiago de Pischa District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.[1]

Santiago de Pischa
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceHuamanga
CapitalSan Pedro de Cachi
Government
  MayorPelayo Santiago Pareja
Area
  Total114.94 km2 (44.38 sq mi)
Elevation
3,188 m (10,459 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total1,643
  Density14/km2 (37/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050111

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (76.33%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.16% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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See also

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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