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PISCOBAMBA DISTRICT Latitude and Longitude:

8°52′59″S 77°21′00″W / 8.88306°S 77.35000°W / -8.88306; -77.35000
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Piscobamba
Pisqupampa
Country  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Mariscal Luzuriaga
Capital Piscobamba
Government
 •  MayorPolicarpio William Alvarez Vega
Area
 • Total45.93 km2 (17.73 sq mi)
Elevation
3,281 m (10,764 ft)
Population
 • Total3,631
 • Density79/km2 (200/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 ( PET)
UBIGEO021301

Piscobamba District is one of eight districts of the Mariscal Luzuriaga Province in Peru. [1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (74.84%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.93% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language ( 2007 Peru Census). [2]

See also

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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)

8°52′59″S 77°21′00″W / 8.88306°S 77.35000°W / -8.88306; -77.35000