Pacaraos District

District in Lima, Peru
Pacaraos
District
Country Peru
RegionLima
ProvinceHuaral
CapitalPacaraos
Government
 • MayorDoroteo Jacinto Larios Fabian
Area
 • Total294.04 km2 (113.53 sq mi)
Elevation
3,331 m (10,928 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total1,028
 • Density3.5/km2 (9.1/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO150608

Pacaraos District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaral in Peru.[1]

Until the middle of the 20th century, the inhabitants of the village of Pacaraos spoke Pacaraos Quechua.[2]

See also

  • Challwaqucha
  • Pirwa Hirka
  • Yana Uqhu

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. ^ Willem F. H. Adelaar, Pieter Muysken (2006) The languages of the Andes. S. 242-249. A sketch of a Peruvian Quechua Dialect (Pacaraos)
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