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Obas District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Yarowilca

Capital
  
Obas

Elevation
  
3,526 m

Region
  
Huánuco

Founded
  
January 2, 1857

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
123.2 km²

Obas District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca in Peru.

Contents

Map of Obas, Peru

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (59.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 40.57% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Obas District Wikipedia