Pacaraos District

Pacaraos
—  District  —
Country  Peru
Region Lima
Province Huaral
Founded
Capital Pacaraos
Government
 • Mayor Arturo Felipe Sarmiento Verastegui
Area
 • Total 294.04 km2 (113.5 sq mi)
Elevation 3,331 m (10,928 ft)
Population (2005 census)
 • Total 768
 • Density 2.6/km2 (6.8/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 150608

Pacaraos District is one of twelve districts of the province Huaral in Peru.[1]

Until the middle of the 20th century, the inhabitants of the village Pacaraos spoke Pacaraos Quechua.[2]

References

  1. ^ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ^ Willem F. H. Adelaar,Pieter Muysken (2006) The languages of the Andes. S. 242-249. A sketch of a Peruvian Quechua Dialect (Pacaraos)