Anta District, Carhuaz

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Anta District
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Anta District
Location of Anta in the Carhuaz Province
Coordinates: 9°15′S78°03′W / 9.250°S 78.050°W / -9.250; -78.050 Coordinates: 9°15′S78°03′W / 9.250°S 78.050°W / -9.250; -78.050
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Carhuaz
FoundedNovember 28, 1910
Capital Anta
Government
 •  Mayor Miguel Oswaldo Antunez Castillo
Area
 • Total40.77 km2 (15.74 sq mi)
Elevation
2,791 m (9,157 ft)
Population
 • Total2,424
 • Density59/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 020604

Anta (Quechua for "copper") is one of eleven districts of 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 (67.24%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.53% 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 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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