Yuracmarca District
| Yuracmarca Yuraqmarka | ||
|---|---|---|
| District | ||
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 Location of Yuracmarca in the Huaylas province | ||
| Country |
 Peru | |
| Region | Ancash | |
| Province | Huaylas | |
| Founded | May 9, 1923 | |
| Capital | Yuracmarca | |
| Subdivisions | 1 village, 4 hamlets and 29 anexos | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Carlos Raul Hernandez Cottos | |
| Area | ||
| • Total | 565.7 km2 (218.4 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 1,518 m (4,980 ft) | |
| Population (2005 census) | ||
| • Total | 1,897 | |
| • Density | 3.4/km2 (8.7/sq mi) | |
| Time zone | PET (UTC-5) | |
| UBIGEO | 021210 | |
| Website | muniyuracmarca.gob.pe | |
The Yuracmarca or Yuraqmarka (Quechua yuraq white, marka village, "white village") is one of 10 districts of the Huaylas Province in the Ancash Region of Peru. The capital of the district is the village of Yuracmarca.[1]
Location
The district is located in the eastern part of the province at an elevation of 1,518m, 122 km from the regions capital Huaraz and 55 km from the province's capital Caraz.
Political division
The Caraz District is divided into 1 village, 4 hamlets (Spanish: caseríos, singular: caserío) and 29 (Spanish: anexos, singular: anexo):
Villages
- Yuracmarca
Hamlets
- El Cruce
- Taruc Arca
- Quitaracza
- Santa Rosa
Ethnic groups
The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (50.35%) learnt to speak in childhood, 49.19% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]
See also
References
- ↑ (Spanish) Official web site of the Yuracmarca district
- ↑ inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)
External links
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