Carhuaz District

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Carhuaz
Qarwa
District
Bandera Carhuaz.svg
Flag
Escudo Carhuaz.svg
Coat of arms
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Carhuaz
Capital Carhuaz
Government
 •  Mayor Oscar Roosevelt Cerna Gomez
Area
 • Total194.62 km2 (75.14 sq mi)
Elevation
2,638 m (8,655 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total13,615
 • 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]

See also

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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)

Coordinates: 9°04′01″S77°49′01″W / 9.06694°S 77.81694°W / -9.06694; -77.81694


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