Marías District

Marías
District
Country  Peru
Region Huánuco
Province Dos de Mayo
Founded May 12, 1962
Capital Marías
Government
  Mayor Grover Lucio Vasquez Salazar
Area
  Total 608.05 km2 (234.77 sq mi)
Elevation 3,484 m (11,430 ft)
Population (2005 census)
  Total 7,017
  Density 12/km2 (30/sq mi)
Time zone PET (UTC-5)
UBIGEO 100311

Marías District is one of nine districts of the province Dos de Mayo in Peru.[1]

Geography

Some of the highest mountains of the district are listed below:[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 (80.45%) learnt to speak in childhood, 19.28% of the residents started speaking using the Spanish language (2007 Peru Census).[3]

See also

References

  1. (Spanish) Instituto Nacional de Estadística e Informática. Banco de Información Distrital. Retrieved April 11, 2008.
  2. escale.minedu.gob.pe - UGEL map of the Dos de Mayo Province (HUánuco Region)
  3. inei.gob.pe INEI, Peru, Censos Nacionales 2007, Frequencias: Preguntas de Población: Idioma o lengua con el que aprendió hablar (in Spanish)


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