Cascapara District

Cascapara
District

Coat of arms
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 (2005 census)
 • Total 1,872
 • Density 14/km2 (35/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
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

References

  1. ↑ (in Spanish) Municipalidad Distrital de Cascapara. Municipalidad Distrital de Cascapara. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  2. ↑ (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Digital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
  3. ↑ 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)

Coordinates: 9°13′01″S 77°43′01″W / 9.21694°S 77.71694°W / -9.21694; -77.71694

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