Phara District

Phara
Phara
District
Country	Peru
Region	Puno
Province	Sandia
Capital	Phara
Government
• Mayor	Alfredo Paredes Meza
Area
• Total	400.9 km2 (154.8 sq mi)
Elevation	3,450 m (11,320 ft)
Population (2005 census)
• Total	6,456
• Density	16/km2 (42/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	211205

Phara District is one of ten districts of the province Sandia in Peru.^[1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (72.16%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.31% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

References

^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
^ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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14°04′26″S 70°06′02″W / 14.0740°S 70.1005°W / -14.0740; -70.1005

[1] (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.

[2] .gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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