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Punchao Punchaw
District
Punchao
Country	Peru
Region	Huánuco
Province	Huamalíes
Founded	October 7, 1942
Capital	Punchao
Government
• Mayor	Pompeyo Macario Timoteo Cadillo
Area
• Total	42.24 km (16.31 sq mi)
Elevation	3,534 m (11,594 ft)
Population
• Total	2,542
• Density	60/km (160/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	100508

Punchao or Punchaw (Quechua for "day") is one of eleven districts of the province Huamalíes 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 (67.09%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.22% 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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