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Pueblo Libre District is one of ten districts of the province Huaylas in Peru.[1]

Pueblo Libre Waqra
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Huaylas
Founded	January 2, 1857
Capital	San Juan (Waqra)
Government
• Mayor	Paul Cristian Diaz Vasquez
Area
• Total	130.99 km2 (50.58 sq mi)
Elevation	2,492 m (8,176 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	6,810
• Density	52/km2 (130/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021207

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language that the majority of the population (89.90%) learned to speak in childhood, while 9.83% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

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