Oyolo District
Appearance
Oyolo | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Ayacucho |
Province | Paucar del Sara Sara |
Capital | Oyolo |
Government | |
• Mayor | Felix Marcelino Canre Torres |
Area | |
• Total | 820.13 km2 (316.65 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,400 m (11,200 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 1,277 |
• Density | 1.6/km2 (4.0/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 050806 |
Oyolo District is one of ten districts of the province Paucar del Sara Sara in Peru.[1]
Ethnic groups
[edit]The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (62.48%) learnt to speak in childhood, 36.69% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)