Yanas District

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Yanas
District
Yanas District
Country Flag of Peru.svg  Peru
Region Huánuco
Province Dos de Mayo
FoundedSeptember 12, 1921
Capital Yanas
Government
 •  Mayor Heli Victor Garay Inga
Area
 • Total
36.31 km2 (14.02 sq mi)
Elevation
3,470 m (11,380 ft)
Population
 (2005 census)
 • Total
3,815
 • Density110/km2 (270/sq mi)
Time zone UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO 100323
Yanas District (in red) within the province Dos de Mayo (in cream) Ubicacion de Yanas en Dos de Mayo.png
Yanas District (in red) within the province Dos de Mayo (in cream)

Yanas District is one of nine districts of the province Dos de Mayo in Peru. [1]

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (53.13%) learnt to speak in childhood, 46.59% 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 . Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

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