Luis Carranza District

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Luis Carranza
District
Luis Carranza District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ayacucho
Province La Mar
FoundedDecember 11, 1963
Capital Pampas
Government
 •  Mayor Socrates Gutierrez Alarcon
Area
 • Total
207.64 km2 (80.17 sq mi)
Elevation
2,952 m (9,685 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
2,455
 • Density12/km2 (31/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 050506
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Luis Carranza District is one of eight districts of the province La Mar in Peru. [1]

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Annexes of Luis Carranza District

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (96.02%) learnt to speak in childhood, 3.72% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-23 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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