Marcará District
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Marcará | |
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District | |
Country | Peru |
Region | Ancash |
Province | Carhuaz |
Founded | October 6, 1905 |
Capital | Marcará |
Government | |
• Mayor | Jorge Patricio Cruz Lazaro |
Area | |
• Total | 157.49 km2 (60.81 sq mi) |
Elevation | 2,726 m (8,944 ft) |
Population (2005 census) | |
• Total | 8,879 |
• Density | 56/km2 (150/sq mi) |
Time zone | PET (UTC-5) |
UBIGEO | 020606 |
Marcará District is one of eleven districts of the province Carhuaz 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 (76.61%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.08% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
References
- ↑ (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que apredió hablar (in Spanish)
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