Pueblo Libre District, Huaylas

Pueblo Libre
Waqra
District
Country  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Huaylas
Founded January 2, 1857
Capital Pueblo Libre
Government
 • Mayor Paul Cristian Diaz Vasquez
Area
 • Total 130.99 km2 (50.58 sq mi)
Elevation 2,492 m (8,176 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 6,810
 • Density 52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 021207

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

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language that the majority of the population (89.935320%) learned to speak in childhood, while 9.837337% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

  1. ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 9°06′53″S 77°49′03″W / 9.11472°S 77.81750°W / -9.11472; -77.81750

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