Paico is one of 11 districts of the Sucre Province in the Ayacucho region in Peru.

Paico
District
Location of Paico in the Sucre province
Country	Peru
Region	Ayacucho
Province	Sucre
Capital	Paico
Subdivisions	11 populated places
Area
• Total	79.65 km2 (30.75 sq mi)
Elevation	3,073 m (10,082 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	978
• Density	12/km2 (32/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	050907

Population

The population of Paico (2005 census) is 978 people, 507 men and 471 women.[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 (80.74%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.81% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

Administrative division

The populated places in the district are:[1]

• Paico
• Sihui
• Santa Cruz de Ccarmencca
• Charamarca
• Pallccapampa (Ccalluri)
• Layrata
• Anchani
• Ccochapata
• Ccasahuasi
• Analayocc
• Santarccocha

References

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