Pueblo Libre District, Huaylas

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Pueblo Libre
Waqra
District
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceHuaylas
FoundedJanuary 2, 1857
CapitalSan Juan (Waqra)
Government
 • MayorPaul Cristian Diaz Vasquez
Area
 • Total130.99 km2 (50.58 sq mi)
Elevation
2,492 m (8,176 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total6,810
 • Density52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO021207

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 (89.90%) learned to speak in childhood, while 9.83% 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)

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


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