Fidel Olivas Escudero District

Fidel Olivas Escudero District is one of eight districts of the province Mariscal Luzuriaga in Peru.[1]

Fidel Olivas Escudero
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Mariscal Luzuriaga
Founded	May 5, 1960
Capital	Sanachgan
Government
• Mayor	Alex Edmundo Mancisidor Pasco
Area
• Total	204.82 km^2 (79.08 sq mi)
Elevation	2,650 m (8,690 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,242
• Density	11/km^2 (28/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021304

History

The district is named after Bishop Fidel Olivas Escudero.[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 (97.11%) learnt to speak in childhood, 2.61% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

• Ancash Quechua

See also

• Qanchisqucha

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. Cheney, David M. "Bishop José María Carpenter Aponte [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2016-04-08.
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)