Carhuaz District

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Carhuaz District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Carhuaz
Capital Carhuaz
Government
   Mayor Oscar Roosevelt Cerna Gomez
Area
  Total
194.62 km2 (75.14 sq mi)
Elevation
2,638 m (8,655 ft)
Population
  Total
13,615
  Density70/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 020601

Carhuaz District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in the Ancash Region of Peru. [1] Its seat is Carhuaz.

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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 (67.23%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.60% 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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