Phara District
Phara District is one of ten districts of the province Sandia in Peru.[1]
Phara | |
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Country | Peru |
Region | Puno |
Province | Sandia |
Capital | Phara |
Government | |
• Mayor | Alfredo Paredes Meza |
Area | |
• Total | 400.9 km2 (154.8 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,450 m (11,320 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 6,456 |
• Density | 16/km2 (42/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 211205 |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (72.16%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.31% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
References
- (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)
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