Carhuaz District

Carhuaz District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in the Ancash Region of Peru.[1] Its seat is Carhuaz.

Carhuaz
Qarwa
Flag of Carhuaz
Coat of arms of Carhuaz
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceCarhuaz
CapitalCarhuaz
Government
  MayorOscar Roosevelt Cerna Gomez
Area
  Total194.62 km2 (75.14 sq mi)
Elevation
2,638 m (8,655 ft)
Population
  Total13,615
  Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020601

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (67.23%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.60% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que apredió hablar (in Spanish)

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