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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 | |
| 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 | |
| • Total | 3,268 |
| • Density | 4.5/km2 (12/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 050617 |
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
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ inei.gob.pe 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)