Casca District

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Casca
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Mariscal Luzuriaga
FoundedOctober 17, 1944
Capital Casca
Government
 •  Mayor Yone Walter Valverde Chauca
Area
 • Total77.38 km2 (29.88 sq mi)
Elevation
3,132 m (10,276 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total4,278
 • Density55/km2 (140/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 021302

Casca District is one of eight districts of the Mariscal Luzuriaga 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 (93.09%) learnt to speak in childhood, 6.63% 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)

Coordinates: 8°52′01″S77°25′01″W / 8.86694°S 77.41694°W / -8.86694; -77.41694


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