Paucará District

Paucará District is one of eight districts of the Acobamba Province in Peru.[1]

Paucará Pawkara
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Acobamba
Founded	January 15, 1943
Capital	Paucará
Government
• Mayor	Patricio Huaman Paitan
Area
• Total	225.6 km^2 (87.1 sq mi)
Elevation	3,806 m (12,487 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	26,018
• Density	120/km^2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090206

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Q'illu Saywa at approximately 4,400 m (14,400 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

• Ankapa Wachana
• Ichhu Saywa
• Kusuru
• Mach'ay Pata
• Q'ara Sinqa
• Waraqu Kancha
• Wik'uñayuq

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (88.55%) learnt to speak in childhood, 11.31% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

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. escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Acobamba Province (Huancavelica Region)
3. 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)