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ponto+district Latitude and Longitude:

9°16′01″S 76°58′01″W / 9.26694°S 76.96694°W / -9.26694; -76.96694
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Ponto
Country  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Huari
FoundedSeptember 30, 1943
Capital Ponto
Government
 •  MayorHector Anibal Quiñones Ortega
Area
 • Total118.29 km2 (45.67 sq mi)
Elevation
3,140 m (10,300 ft)
Population
 • Total3,175
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 ( PET)
UBIGEO021011

Ponto District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province 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 (93.71%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.11% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language ( 2007 Peru Census). [2]

References

  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. ^ 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)

9°16′01″S 76°58′01″W / 9.26694°S 76.96694°W / -9.26694; -76.96694



ponto+district Latitude and Longitude:

9°16′01″S 76°58′01″W / 9.26694°S 76.96694°W / -9.26694; -76.96694
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ponto
Country  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Huari
FoundedSeptember 30, 1943
Capital Ponto
Government
 •  MayorHector Anibal Quiñones Ortega
Area
 • Total118.29 km2 (45.67 sq mi)
Elevation
3,140 m (10,300 ft)
Population
 • Total3,175
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 ( PET)
UBIGEO021011

Ponto District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province 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 (93.71%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.11% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language ( 2007 Peru Census). [2]

References

  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. ^ 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)

9°16′01″S 76°58′01″W / 9.26694°S 76.96694°W / -9.26694; -76.96694



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