Cascapara District

Cascapara
District
Coat of arms
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Yungay
Founded	November 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
• Density	12/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]}

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

• Pukaqucha
• Wallpaq Sillu Punta

External links

• (in Spanish) Official district web site

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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