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Paico District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Sucre

Subdivisions
  
11 populated places

Elevation
  
3,073 m

Region
  
Ayacucho

Capital
  
Paico

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
79.65 kmĀ²

Paico District

Paico is one of 11 districts of the Sucre Province in the Ayacucho region in Peru.

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Population

The population of Paico (2005 census) is 978 people, 507 men and 471 women.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.74%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.81% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

Administrative division

The populated places in the district are:

  • Paico
  • Sihui
  • Santa Cruz de Ccarmencca
  • Charamarca
  • Pallccapampa (Ccalluri)
  • Layrata
  • Anchani
  • Ccochapata
  • Ccasahuasi
  • Analayocc
  • Santarccocha
  • References

    Paico District Wikipedia