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Piscobamba District

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Country
  
Peru

Capital
  
Piscobamba

UBIGEO
  
021301

Area
  
45.93 kmĀ²

Region
  
Ancash

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Elevation
  
3,281 m

Piscobamba District

Province
  
Mariscal Luzuriaga Province

Piscobamba District is one of eight districts of the province Mariscal Luzuriaga in 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 (74.84%) learnt to speak in childhood, 24.93% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

Piscobamba District Wikipedia