Marangani District

Marangani
District
Church in Marangani
Country	Peru
Region	Cusco
Province	Canchis
Founded	August 29, 1834
Capital	Marangani
Government
•  Mayor	Zenobio Zuñiga Nina
Area
• Total	432.65 km2 (167.05 sq mi)
Elevation	3,709 m (12,169 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	12,404
• Density	29/km2 (74/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	080604

Marangani District is one of eight districts of the province Canchis in Peru. ^[1]

Geography

The La Raya mountain range traverses the district. Some of the highest mountains are listed below: ^[2]

• Anta
• Awkar Utt'aña
• Chaku Apachita
• Chawpi Tiyana
• Chinchina
• Ch'ullu
• Hatun Awkara
• Hatun Wayq'u
• Huch'uy Awkara
• Huch'uy K'uchu
• Kuntur Quta
• Kuntur Sallana
• Laram Quta
• Mulluq'usi
• Pachas Kunka
• Pawka
• Pichaqani
• Pirwa
• Puka Urqu
• Qillqa
• Qillqa Q'asa
• Qullqini
• Sankha Urqu
• Sura Quta
• Urqu Puñuna
• Wayu Kunka
• Wiluyu
• Yana Ranra
• Yana Salla
• Yana Urqu
• Yaritani

The most important river of the district is the Willkanuta which crosses the district from southeast to northwest. ^[3]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (80.81%) learnt to speak in childhood, 18.82% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[4]

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. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Melgar Province (Puno Region)
3. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL maps of the Canchis Province (Cusco Region)
4. 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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