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Obas
District
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Yarowilca
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	Obas
Government
• Mayor	Bernardino Armengol Chagua Ciezza
Area
• Total	123.16 km (47.55 sq mi)
Elevation	3,526 m (11,568 ft)
Population
• Total	6,266
• Density	51/km (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	101106

Obas District is one of eight districts of the province Yarowilca in Peru.

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (59.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 40.57% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

See also

• Awkillu Waqra
• Wallpayunka
• Wich'un

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, 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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