San Luis District, Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald

San Luis District is one of three districts of the province Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald in Peru.[1]

San Luis District
Church of San Luis
Church of San Luis
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceCarlos Fermín Fitzcarrald
CapitalSan Luis
Government
  MayorWilder Carlos Fitzcarrald Bravo
Area
  Total256.45 km2 (99.02 sq mi)
Elevation
3,131 m (10,272 ft)
Population
  Total11,887
  Density46/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020701

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (88.73%) learnt to speak in childhood, 10.87 % 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 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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