Mirgas District

Mirgas District is one of six districts of the province Antonio Raymondi in Peru.[1]

Mirgas
District
Country Peru
RegionAncash
ProvinceAntonio Raymondi
FoundedOctober 26, 1964
CapitalMirgas
Government
 • MayorJulio Rodriguez Sifuentes
Area
 • Total175.69 km2 (67.83 sq mi)
Elevation
3,175 m (10,417 ft)
Population
 • Total5,595
 • Density32/km2 (82/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC-5 (PET)
UBIGEO020305

Ethnic groups

The people in the district are mainly indigenous citizens of Quechua descent. Quechua is the language which the majority of the population (94.12%) learnt to speak in childhood, 5.70% 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 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)


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