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

Phara District is one of ten districts of the province Sandia 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 (72.16%) learnt to speak in childhood, 27.31% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).

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)

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