San Pedro District, Lucanas

San Pedro
District

The village of San Antonio, San Pedro District
Country  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province Lucanas
Founded December 16, 1907
Capital San Pedro
Government
 • Mayor Mariano Taipe Huamani
Area
 • Total 733.03 km2 (283.02 sq mi)
Elevation 3,097 m (10,161 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 3,268
 • Density 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 050617

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

Ethnic groups

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

  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: 14°41′38″S 74°07′27″W / 14.69389°S 74.12417°W / -14.69389; -74.12417

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