Cascapara District

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Cascapara
District
COA Cascapara District in Yungay Province.png
Coat of arms
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Yungay
FoundedNovember 29, 1915
Capital Cascapara
Government
 •  Mayor Pablo Cesar Berillo Figueroa
(2019-2022)
Area
 • Total138.32 km2 (53.41 sq mi)
Elevation
2,725 m (8,940 ft)
Population
 (2017)
 • Total1,674
 • 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]

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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)

Coordinates: 9°13′01″S77°43′01″W / 9.21694°S 77.71694°W / -9.21694; -77.71694


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