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San Pedro District, Canchis

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Country
  
Peru

Province
  
Canchis

Capital
  
San Pedro

Elevation
  
3,485 m

Region
  
Cusco

Founded
  
November 28, 1912

Time zone
  
PET (UTC-5)

Area
  
54.91 kmĀ²

San Pedro District is one of eight districts of the province Canchis in Peru.

Contents

Map of San Pedro, Peru

Geography

The most important river of the district is the Willkanuta which crosses the district from south-east to north-west.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (73.16%) learnt to speak in childhood, 26.52% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

References

San Pedro District, Canchis Wikipedia