Miraflores District, Huamalíes

Miraflores District
District
Miraflores
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Huamalíes
Founded	July 15, 1936
Capital	Miraflores
Government
• Mayor	Filomon Castro Evangelista
Area
• Total	96.74 km^2 (37.35 sq mi)
Elevation	3,667 m (12,031 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	3,727
• Density	39/km^2 (100/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	100506

Miraflores District is one of eleven districts of the province Huamalíes 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 (83.81%) learnt to speak in childhood, 15.94% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).^[2]

See also

• Pumaq Hirka

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 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)

9.4945°S 76.8196°W / -9.4945; -76.8196