Pampamarca District, La Unión

Pampamarca Pampa Marka
District
Pampamarka District (in the background) as seen from Cotahuasi
Country	Peru
Region	Arequipa
Province	La Unión
Capital	Mungui
Government
• Mayor	Lelis Enrique Ludeña Blas
Area
• Total	782.17 km^2 (302.00 sq mi)
Elevation	2,600 m (8,500 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,831
• Density	2.3/km^2 (6.1/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	040805

Pampamarca District is one of eleven districts of the La Unión Province in Peru.[1]

Geography

One of the highest peaks of the district is Lunq'u at 5,224 m (17,139 ft). Other mountains are listed below:[2]

• Anta P'unqu
• Aqu
• Ichhu Pata
• Illayuq
• Kimsa Qaqa
• Kunturillu
• Mach'ay P'unqu
• Pari Pari
• Paxsi
• Pilluni
• Qarwa K'uchu
• Qulluta
• Runtuyuq
• Sura Pata
• Tarujani
• T'uru Mach'ay
• Waman Allqa
• Wansu
• Waqutu
• Waylla Marka
• Waylla Sura
• Wilachiri
• Yana Qaqa
• Yana Sura

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.37% 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 La UniónProvince (Arequipa 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)

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