Casma Province

Casma
Province

Sechin complex in the Casma Valley

Coat of arms

Location of Casma in the Ancash Region
Country Peru
Region Ancash
Capital Casma
Government
  Mayor José Alejandro Montalván Macedo (2011-2014)
Area
  Total 2,262.86 km2 (873.70 sq mi)
Population
  Total 41,477
  Density 18/km2 (47/sq mi)
Website www.casma.anc.mp.gob.pe

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

  1. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007

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Coordinates: 9°28′01″S 78°19′01″W / 9.467°S 78.317°W