Casma Province
Template:Infobox Province Peru The Casma Province is one of twenty provinces of the Ancash Region of Peru.
Political division
Casma is divided into four districts, which are:
| DISTRICT | MAYOR |
|---|---|
| Buena Vista Alta | Maximo Pedro Vargas Cutamanca |
| Casma | Jose Luis Lomparte Monteza |
| Comandante Noel | Jose Alejandro Montalvan Macedo |
| Yautan | Jose Luis Del Carpio Melgarejo |
Ethnic groups
The province is inhabited by indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Spanish is the language which the majority of the population (85.95%) learnt to speak in childhood. 13.82% of the residents started speaking using the Quechua language (2007 Peru Census).[1]
Sources
- ^ inei.gob.pe Archived January 27, 2013, at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007
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