Pachaconas District

Pachaconas District
District
Map
Country Peru
RegionApurímac
ProvinceAntabamba
FoundedAugust 20, 1872
CapitalPachaconas
Government
 • MayorEdison Ortega Campana
Area
 • Total
226.73 km2 (87.54 sq mi)
Elevation
3,438 m (11,280 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
1,098
 • Density4.8/km2 (13/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO030306

Pachaconas District is one of the seven districts of the province Antabamba 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 (66.93%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.71% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 7, 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)

14°13′23″S 73°01′34″W / 14.22306°S 73.02611°W / -14.22306; -73.02611


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