Mangas District

Mangas District is one of fifteen districts of the province Bolognesi in Peru.[1]

Mangas
District
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceBolognesi
CapitalMangas
Government
 • MayorMariano Rojas Garcia
Area
 • Total115.84 km2 (44.73 sq mi)
Elevation
3,459 m (11,348 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total559
 • Density4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020512

Manuel Burga has shown that in Mangas many of the social structures are pre-Hispanic and have only slowly been modified in the recent centuries. Much like imperial Cuzco, there are two districts Hana Barrio and Ura Barrio. The alcalde and regidor positions, positions of authority rotate from one side to the other each year. Many of the women in Mangas speak only Quechua while the men tend to be more bilingual Spanish-Quechua.

References
  1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.

Bibliography
  • Burga, Manuel. Nacimiento de una utopía: Muerte y resurrección de los Incas. Segunda edición. Lima/Guadalajara: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos/Universidad de Guadalajara, [1988], 2005.

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