Eleazar Guzman Barron District

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

Eleazar Guzmán Barrón
Pampachakra
District
The Pampachakra valley. Its stream flows to Yanamayu, a tributary of the Marañón River.
The Pampachakra valley. Its stream flows to Yanamayu, a tributary of the Marañón River.
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceMariscal Luzuriaga
FoundedDecember 13, 1985
CapitalPampachacra
Government
 • MayorJosé Moises Menacho Sotomayor
Area
 • Total93.96 km2 (36.28 sq mi)
Elevation
2,950 m (9,680 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,222
 • Density13/km2 (34/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021303

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, while 3.10% began with Spanish.[2]

See also

See also

References
  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que apredió hablar (in Spanish)

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