Masin District

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Masin
District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Huari
FoundedFebruary 2, 1956
Capital Masin
Government
 •  Mayor Pablo Malvaceda Ortega
Area
 • Total75.33 km2 (29.09 sq mi)
Elevation
2,550 m (8,370 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total2,024
 • Density27/km2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 021009

Masin District is one of sixteen districts of the Huari Province in Peru. [1]

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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 (71.36%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.21% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). [2]

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References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 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)

Coordinates: 9°20′10″S77°10′50″W / 9.33600°S 77.18049°W / -9.33600; -77.18049


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