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Chavín de Pariarca
District
Chavín de Pariarca
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Huamalíes
Capital	Chavín de Pariarca
Government
• Mayor	Melanio Bocanegra Jaramillo
Area
• Total	89.25 km (34.46 sq mi)
Elevation	3,362 m (11,030 ft)
Population
• Total	4,862
• Density	54/km (140/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	100503

Chavín de Pariarca District is one of eleven districts of the province Huamalíes in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (55.25%) learnt to speak in childhood, 43.63% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

• Wiqruqucha

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 aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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