Punchao District

Punchao or Punchaw (Quechua for "day") is one of eleven districts of the province Huamalíes in Peru.[1]

Punchao Punchaw
District
Punchao
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Huamalíes
Founded	October 7, 1942
Capital	Punchao
Government
• Mayor	Pompeyo Macario Timoteo Cadillo
Area
• Total	42.24 km^2 (16.31 sq mi)
Elevation	3,534 m (11,594 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,542
• Density	60/km^2 (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	100508

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (67.09%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.22% 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)