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Paucará

Pawkara
Paucará Pawkara
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huancavelica
Province	Acobamba
Founded	January 15, 1943
Capital	Paucará
Government
• Mayor	Patricio Huaman Paitan
Area
• Total	225.6 km2 (87.1 sq mi)
Elevation	3,806 m (12,487 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	26,018
• Density	120/km2 (300/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	090206

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

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

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ escale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Acobamba Province (Huancavelica Region)
^ 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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12°43′48″S 74°39′58″W / 12.7299°S 74.6662°W / -12.7299; -74.6662

[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] scale.minedu.gob.pe/ UGEL map Acobamba Province (Huancavelica Region)

[3] .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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