Pachamarca District

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

Pachamarca

Pachamarka
Country Peru
RegionHuancavelica
ProvinceChurcampa
FoundedApril 23, 1965
CapitalPachamarca
Government
  MayorCirilo Barros Herrera
Area
  Total160.06 km2 (61.80 sq mi)
Elevation
2,730 m (8,960 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
  Total3,007
  Density19/km2 (49/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO090510

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.55%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.65% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

  • Hamp'atuyuq

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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