Pariacoto District
Pariacoto District
Distrito de Pariacoto | |
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| Coordinates: 9°31′01″S 77°52′59″W / 9.51694°S 77.88306°W | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Huaraz |
| Founded | January 2, 1857 |
| Capital | Pariacoto |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Artemio Mejia Ramos |
| Area | |
• Total | 162.5 km2 (62.7 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 1,239 m (4,065 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 4,248 |
| • Density | 26/km2 (68/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 020110 |
Pariacoto District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaraz 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 (57.35%) learnt to speak in childhood, 42.48% 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 2008-04-17 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)
| Aija | |
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| Antonio Raymondi | |
| Asunción | |
| Bolognesi | |
| Carhuaz | |
| Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald | |
| Casma | |
| Corongo | |
| Huaraz | |
| Huari | |
| Huarmey | |
| Huaylas | |
| Mariscal Luzuriaga | |
| Ocros | |
| Pallasca | |
| Pomabamba | |
| Recuay | |
| Santa | |
| Sihuas | |
| Yungay | |
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