Pachamarca District

Pachamarca District is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa in Peru.[1]

Pachamarca Pachamarka
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Churcampa
Founded	April 23, 1965
Capital	Pachamarca
Government
• Mayor	Cirilo Barros Herrera
Area
• Total	160.06 km^2 (61.80 sq mi)
Elevation	2,730 m (8,960 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,007
• Density	19/km^2 (49/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090510

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (92.55%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.65% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Hamp'atuyuq

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)