Carhuaz Qarwa | |
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Country | ![]() |
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 |
• Density | 70/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.
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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