Yuracmarca District

Yuracmarca Yuraq Marka
District
Allpamayu on the southern border of the district
Coat of arms
Location of Yuracmarca in the Huaylas province
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Huaylas
Founded	May 9, 1923
Capital	Yuracmarca
Subdivisions	1 village, 4 hamlets and 29 anexos
Government
•  Mayor	Carlos Raul Hernandez Cottos
Area
• Total	565.7 km2 (218.4 sq mi)
Elevation	1,518 m (4,980 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	1,897
• Density	3.4/km2 (8.7/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021210
Website	muniyuracmarca.gob.pe

Yuracmarca or Yuraq Marka (Quechua yuraq white, marka village, "white village") is one of 10 districts of the Huaylas Province in the Ancash Region of Peru. The capital of the district is the village of Yuracmarca. ^[1]

Geography

The district is located in the eastern part of the province at an elevation of 1,518m, 122 km from the regions capital Huaraz and 55 km from the province's capital Caraz.

The Cordillera Blanca traverses the province. Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below: ^[2]

• Allpamayu
• Atuq Siq'u
• Chaka
• Champara
• Kita Raqsa
• Kunka
• Millwaqucha
• Minas Hirka
• Misa Pampa
• Mishi Hirka
• Misk'iqucha
• Pacha Pallay
• Parya Cruz
• Pilanku
• Pukahirka
• Qantuq Hirka
• Qullpa Hanka
• Qulluta
• Quyllurqucha
• Q'iru Willka
• Suyt'u Qucha
• Taya Pampa
• Tiklla Hanka
• Tinya Qucha
• Waka Qucha
• Willka
• Wira Wira

Political division

The Caraz District is divided into 1 village, 4 hamlets (Spanish : caseríos, singular: caserío) and 29 (Spanish : anexos, singular: anexo):

Hamlets

• El Cruce
• Taruc Arca
• Quitaracza
• Santa Rosa

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (50.35%) learnt to speak in childhood, 49.19% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census). ^[3]

See also

• Pukaqucha
• Quyllurqucha
• Wiqruqucha

References

1. (in Spanish) Official web site of the Yuracmarca district Archived May 21, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Huaylas Province (Ancash Region)
3. inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)

External links

• (in Spanish) Official web site of the Yuracmarca district

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