Ponto District

Ponto District is one of sixteen districts of the province Huari in Peru.[1]

Ponto
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceHuari
FoundedSeptember 30, 1943
CapitalPonto
Government
  MayorHector Anibal Quiñones Ortega
Area
  Total118.29 km2 (45.67 sq mi)
Elevation
3,140 m (10,300 ft)
Population
  Total3,175
  Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021011

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (93.71%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.11% 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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