San Pedro District, Lucanas

San Pedro District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas in Peru.[1]

San Pedro
The village of San Antonio, San Pedro District
The village of San Antonio, San Pedro District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceLucanas
FoundedDecember 16, 1907
CapitalSan Pedro
Government
  MayorMariano Taipe Huamani
Area
  Total733.03 km2 (283.02 sq mi)
Elevation
3,097 m (10,161 ft)
Population
  Total3,268
  Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050617

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

  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 aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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