Marcará District

Marcará
District
Country  Peru
Region Ancash
Province Carhuaz
Founded October 6, 1905
Capital Marcará
Government
  Mayor Jorge Patricio Cruz Lazaro
Area
  Total 157.49 km2 (60.81 sq mi)
Elevation 2,726 m (8,944 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 8,879
  Density 56/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 020606

Marcará District is one of eleven districts of the province Carhuaz 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 (76.61%) learnt to speak in childhood, 23.08% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

References

  1. (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 apredió hablar (in Spanish)

Coordinates: 9°16′59″S 77°36′00″W / 9.28306°S 77.60000°W / -9.28306; -77.60000

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