Cascapara District
Cascapara | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
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| Country |  Peru |
| Region | Ancash |
| Province | Yungay |
| Founded | November 29, 1915 |
| Capital | Cascapara |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Pablo Cesar Berillo Figueroa (2019–2022) |
| Area | |
• Total | 138.32 km2 (53.41 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 2,725 m (8,940 ft) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 1,674 |
| • Density | 12/km2 (31/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
[edit]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
[edit]External links
[edit]- (in Spanish) Official district web site
References
[edit]- ^ (in Spanish) Municipalidad Distrital de Cascapara. Municipalidad Distrital de Cascapara Archived 2007-08-24 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved March 15, 2008.
- ^ (in Spanish) 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)
| Aija | |
|---|---|
| Antonio Raymondi | |
| Asunción | |
| Bolognesi | |
| Carhuaz | |
| Carlos Fermín Fitzcarrald | |
| Casma | |
| Corongo | |
| Huaraz | |
| Huari | |
| Huarmey | |
| Huaylas | |
| Mariscal Luzuriaga | |
| Ocros | |
| Pallasca | |
| Pomabamba | |
| Recuay | |
| Santa | |
| Sihuas | |
| Yungay | |
9°13′01″S 77°43′01″W / 9.21694°S 77.71694°W
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