Pariahuanca District, Carhuaz

Pariahuanca District is one of eleven districts of the province Carhuaz in Peru.[1]

Pariahuanca Paryawanka
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Carhuaz
Founded	October 6, 1905
Capital	Pariahuanca
Government
• Mayor	Zenobio Gregorio Mendez Aguirre
Area
• Total	11.74 km^2 (4.53 sq mi)
Elevation	2,811 m (9,222 ft)
Population  (2017)
• Total	1,381
• Density	120/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	020607

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (72.88%) learnt to speak in childhood, 26.98% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Ancash Quechua

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)