Masin District

Masin District is one of sixteen districts of the province Huari in Peru.[1]

Masin
District
Country	Peru
Region	Ancash
Province	Huari
Founded	February 2, 1956
Capital	Masin
Government
• Mayor	Pablo Malvaceda Ortega
Area
• Total	75.33 km^2 (29.09 sq mi)
Elevation	2,550 m (8,370 ft)
Population  (2005 census)
• Total	2,024
• Density	27/km^2 (70/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO	021009

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (71.36%) learnt to speak in childhood, 28.21% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[2]

See also

• Markahirka
• Putaqa Hirka

References

1. (in Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital Archived 2008-04-17 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
2. inei.gob.pe Archived 2013-01-27 at the Wayback Machine INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)