Miraflores District, Huamalíes

Miraflores District
District
Miraflores
Miraflores
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Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvinceHuamalíes
FoundedJuly 15, 1936
CapitalMiraflores
Government
 • MayorFilomon Castro Evangelista
Area
 • Total
96.74 km2 (37.35 sq mi)
Elevation
3,667 m (12,031 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
3,727
 • Density39/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO100506

Miraflores 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 (83.81%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.94% 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 2008-04-17 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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