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Paras District

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Cangallo

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,330 m

Region
  
Ayacucho

Capital
  
Paras

UBIGEO
  
050205

Area
  
791 kmĀ²

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Paras District is one of six districts of the province Cangallo in Peru.

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Geography

One of the highest mountains of the district is Chiqllarasu at 5,167 m (16,952 ft). Other mountains are listed below:

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (85.65%) learnt to speak in childhood, 14.16% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Paras District Wikipedia