Pararca District

Pararca District is one of ten districts of the province Paucar del Sara Sara in Peru.[1]

Pararca
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvincePaucar del Sara Sara
CapitalPararca
Government
  MayorEden Maximo Mayorga Falcon
Area
  Total57.91 km2 (22.36 sq mi)
Elevation
3,010 m (9,880 ft)
Population
  Total628
  Density11/km2 (28/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050807

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (73.44%) learnt to speak in childhood, 26.09% 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 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)

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