Cascapara District
Cascapara District is one of eight districts of the Yungay Province in Peru.[1][2]
Cascapara | |
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Coat of arms | |
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 |
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
External links
- (in Spanish) Official district web site
References
- (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)
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