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Pampamarca District, Canas

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Canas

Capital
  
Pampamarca

Region
  
Cusco

Founded
  
August 29, 1834

Elevation
  
3,811 m (12,503 ft)

Pampamarca District, Canas

Pampamarca District is the smallest of eight districts in the Canas Province in Peru. Its seat is the village of Pampamarca.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (86.85%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.95% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Pampamarca District, Canas Wikipedia