Pacaycasa District

Pacaycasa District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.[1]

Pacaycasa
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceHuamanga
FoundedJune 26, 1956
CapitalPacaycasa
Government
  MayorPaulino Amao Nuñez
Area
  Total41.8 km2 (16.1 sq mi)
Elevation
2,535 m (8,317 ft)
Population
  Total3,705
  Density89/km2 (230/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050107

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (60.68%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.05% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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)

13.0572°S 74.2162°W / -13.0572; -74.2162

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