Carhuaz District is one of eleven districts of the Carhuaz Province in the Ancash Region of Peru.[1] Its seat is Carhuaz.
Carhuaz
Qarwa | |
|---|---|
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Carhuaz |
| Capital | Carhuaz |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Oscar Roosevelt Cerna Gomez |
| Area | |
| • Total | 194.62 km2 (75.14 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,638 m (8,655 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 13,615 |
| • Density | 70/km2 (180/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 020601 |
Ethnic groups edit
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (67.23%) learnt to speak in childhood, 32.60% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
- ^ 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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)
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