San Pedro District, Lucanas
San Pedro District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas in Peru.[1]
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Country | Peru |
Region | Ayacucho |
Province | Lucanas |
Founded | December 16, 1907 |
Capital | San Pedro |
Government | |
• Mayor | Mariano Taipe Huamani |
Area | |
• Total | 733.03 km2 (283.02 sq mi) |
Elevation | 3,097 m (10,161 ft) |
Population | |
• Total | 3,268 |
• Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
UBIGEO | 050617 |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.50%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.02% 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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