Cascapara District

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Cascapara
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Cascapara District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Yungay
FoundedNovember 29, 1915
Capital Cascapara
Government
   Mayor Pablo Cesar Berillo Figueroa
(2019–2022)
Area
  Total
138.32 km2 (53.41 sq mi)
Elevation
2,725 m (8,940 ft)
Population
 (2017)
  Total
1,674
  Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 022002
Website municascapara.gob.pe

Cascapara District is one of eight districts of the Yungay Province in Peru. [1] [2]

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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 (87.31%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.59% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [3]

See also

References

  1. (in Spanish) Municipalidad Distrital de Cascapara. Municipalidad Distrital de Cascapara Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  2. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  3. 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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