| Country | Peru |
|---|---|
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Huari |
| Parts style | para |
| Founded | September 30, 1943 |
| Capital | Ponto |
| Mayor | Hector Anibal Quiñones Ortega |
| Unit pref | Metric |
| Area total | 118.29 km² |
| Elevation | 3140 m |
| Population total | 3175 |
| Population as of | 2005 census |
| Time zone | PET (UTC-5) |
| UBIGEO | 021011 |
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
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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)