San Pedro District, Lucanas

San Pedro District is one of twenty-one districts of the province Lucanas in Peru.[1]

San Pedro
The village of San Antonio, San Pedro District
The village of San Antonio, San Pedro District
Country Peru
RegionAyacucho
ProvinceLucanas
FoundedDecember 16, 1907
CapitalSan Pedro
Government
 • MayorMariano Taipe Huamani
Area
 • Total733.03 km2 (283.02 sq mi)
Elevation
3,097 m (10,161 ft)
Population
 • Total3,268
 • Density4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO050617

Ethnic groups edit

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.50%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.02% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References edit

  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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