Pinra District
Appearance
Pinra | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Huánuco |
Province | Huacaybamba |
Founded | January 2, 1857 |
Capital | Pinra |
Government | |
• Mayor | Edgar Briceño Asencios |
Area | |
• Total | 283.71 km2 (109.54 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,550 m (8,370 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 8,272 |
• Density | 29/km2 (76/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 100404 |
Pinra District is one of four districts of the province Huacaybamba 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 (92.72%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.44% 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)