Pacaycasa District
Pacaycasa District is one of fifteen districts of the province Huamanga in Peru.[1]
Pacaycasa | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Ayacucho |
Province | Huamanga |
Founded | June 26, 1956 |
Capital | Pacaycasa |
Government | |
• Mayor | Paulino Amao Nuñez |
Area | |
• Total | 41.8 km2 (16.1 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,535 m (8,317 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,705 |
• Density | 89/km2 (230/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 050107 |
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
- (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- 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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