Cascapara District
Cascapara | |
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 Coat of arms | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Yungay |
| Founded | November 29, 1915 |
| Capital | Cascapara |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Jorge Roberto Infante Jara |
| Area | |
| • Total | 138.32 km2 (53.41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,725 m (8,940 ft) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 1,872 |
| • Density | 14/km2 (35/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC-5 (PET) |
| UBIGEO | 022002 |
| Website | municascapara.gob.pe |
Cascapara District is one of eight districts of the Yungay Province in Peru.[1][2]
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (87.31%) learnt to speak in childhood, 12.59% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]
See also
External links
References
- ^ Template:Es icon Municipalidad Distrital de Cascapara. Municipalidad Distrital de Cascapara. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
- ^ Template:Es icon Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 15, 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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