Anta District, Carhuaz

Anta District
District
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
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Carhuaz
Founded	November 28, 1910
Capital	Anta
Government
•  Mayor	Miguel Oswaldo Antunez Castillo
Area
• Total	40.77 km2 (15.74 sq mi)
Elevation	2,791 m (9,157 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,424
• Density	59/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]

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]

See also

• Ancash Quechua

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)