Province Huaraz Capital Pira Elevation 3,570 m | Region Ancash Founded November 19, 1917 Time zone PET (UTC-5) Area 243.7 km² | |
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (83.20%) learnt to speak in childhood, 16.63% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).
References
Pira District Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA