Paucarbamba District

Paucarbamba District is one of ten districts of the province Churcampa in Peru.[1]

Paucarbamba Pawqarpampa
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Churcampa
Capital	Paucarbamba
Government
• Mayor	Wilder Cordova Ramos
Area
• Total	101.41 km^2 (39.15 sq mi)
Elevation	3,370 m (11,060 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	5,947
• Density	59/km^2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090507

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (83.28%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.37% 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)