Mangas District

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Mangas
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Mangas District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Bolognesi
Capital Mangas
Government
   Mayor Mariano Rojas Garcia
Area
  Total
115.84 km2 (44.73 sq mi)
Elevation
3,459 m (11,348 ft)
Population
  Total
559
  Density4.8/km2 (12/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 020512

Mangas District is one of fifteen districts of the province Bolognesi in Peru. [1]

Manuel Burga has shown that in Mangas many of the social structures are pre-Hispanic and have only slowly been modified in the recent centuries. Much like imperial Cuzco, there are two districts Hana Barrio and Ura Barrio. The alcalde and regidor positions, positions of authority rotate from one side to the other each year. Many of the women in Mangas speak only Quechua while the men tend to be more bilingual Spanish-Quechua.

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