Pueblo Libre District, Huaylas

Pueblo Libre District is one of ten districts of the province Huaylas in Peru.[1]

Pueblo Libre Waqra
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Huaylas
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	San Juan (Waqra)
Government
• Mayor	Paul Cristian Diaz Vasquez
Area
• Total	130.99 km^2 (50.58 sq mi)
Elevation	2,492 m (8,176 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	6,810
• Density	52/km^2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021207

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language that the majority of the population (89.90%) learned to speak in childhood, while 9.83% 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)