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District in Huánuco, Peru
Molino
District
Molino districtMolino district
Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvincePachitea
FoundedNovember 29, 1918
CapitalMolino
Government
 • MayorRaul Rivera Encarnacion
Area
 • Total235.5 km (90.9 sq mi)
Elevation2,400 m (7,900 ft)
Population
 • Total12,426
 • Density53/km (140/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO100803

Molino District is one of four districts of the province Pachitea 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 (80.83%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.72% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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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