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District in Ayacucho, Peru
Pacapausa
District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceParinacochas
CapitalPacapausa
Government
 • MayorRemigio Ccerhuayo Verdi
Area
 • Total144.3 km (55.7 sq mi)
Elevation2,852 m (9,357 ft)
Population
 • Total1,174
 • Density8.1/km (21/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050704

Pacapausa District is one of eight districts of the province Parinacochas 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 (60.64%) learnt to speak in childhood, 39.10% 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)
Cangallo
Huamanga
Huanca Sancos
Huanta
La Mar
Lucanas
Parinacochas
Paucar del Sara Sara
Sucre
Víctor Fajardo
Vilcas Huamán


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