Cañaris District

Cañaris District (Kañaris in Quechua) is one of six districts of the province Ferreñafe in Peru.[1]

Cañaris
District
Country	Peru
Region	Lambayeque
Province	Ferreñafe
Founded	February 17, 1951
Capital	Cañaris
Government
• Mayor	Antonio Ventura Lizana
Area
• Total	284.88 km^2 (109.99 sq mi)
Elevation	2,421 m (7,943 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	12,691
• Density	45/km^2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	140202

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua or Cañari descendants of mitimaes. Quechua Inkawasi-Kañaris Quechua) is the language which the majority of the population (63.65%) learnt to speak in childhood, 35.68% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived April 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. 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 aprendió hablar (in Spanish)