Chavín de Pariarca District

Not to be confused with Chavín District or Chavín de Huantar District.
Chavín de Pariarca
District
Chavín de Pariarca
Chavín de Pariarca
Map
Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvinceHuamalíes
CapitalChavín de Pariarca
Government
 • MayorMelanio Bocanegra Jaramillo
Area
 • Total
89.25 km2 (34.46 sq mi)
Elevation
3,362 m (11,030 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
4,862
 • Density54/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO100503

Chavín de Pariarca District is one of eleven districts of the province Huamalíes in Peru.[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (55.25%) learnt to speak in childhood, 43.63% 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 April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, 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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