Panao District

Panao
District
District of Panao (Peru)
District of Panao (Peru)
Map
Country Peru
RegionHuánuco
ProvincePachitea
CapitalPanao
Government
 • MayorCayo Rojas Rivera
Area
 • Total
1,580.86 km2 (610.37 sq mi)
Elevation
2,560 m (8,400 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
17,666
 • Density11/km2 (29/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO100801

Panao District is one of four districts of the province Pachitea in Peru.[1]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:[2]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (57.01%) learnt to speak in childhood, 42.69% 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 of the Pachitea Province (Huánuco 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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