en Margos District

Margos
Margos
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Huánuco
Founded	September 10, 1906
Capital	Margos, Peru
Government
• Mayor	Simion Casimiro Castro Esteban
Area
• Total	282.53 km2 (109.09 sq mi)
Elevation	3,539 m (11,611 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	11,323
• Density	40/km2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	100105

Margos District is one of twelve districts of the province Huánuco in Peru.^[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (70.88%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.83% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ 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)

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10°00′05″S 76°31′11″W / 10.00139°S 76.51972°W / -10.00139; -76.51972

[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] .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)

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