Casca District

Casca
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Mariscal Luzuriaga
Founded	October 17, 1944
Capital	Casca
Government
•  Mayor	Yone Walter Valverde Chauca
Area
• Total	77.38 km2 (29.88 sq mi)
Elevation	3,132 m (10,276 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	4,278
• Density	55/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]

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]

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)

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