Amashca District

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Amashca
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Carhuaz
FoundedDecember 14, 1941
Capital Amashca
Government
 •  Mayor Leoncio Jaime Cadillo Chapeton
Area
 • Total11.99 km2 (4.63 sq mi)
Elevation
2,850 m (9,350 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total1,745
 • Density150/km2 (380/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 020603
Location of the province Carhuaz in the Ancash region in Peru Location of the province Carhuaz Ancash.PNG
Location of the province Carhuaz in the Ancash region in Peru

Amashca District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in Peru. [1]

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Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.56%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.25% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived May 1, 2010, 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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